Ivy gourd in Hindi called as tindora/kundri/kundru. Tindora is a very healthy vegetable.I was a big fan of tindora and now my daughter too.I like to eat from my childhood.Now I make it at least once a week for my family.mostly we bought vegetables from American supermarket but few specific Indian vegetables we have to make a trip to the Indian grocery store.My husband & daughter is not keen to visit Indian grocery store.One condition they agree if I will buy tindora.Many ways to cook tindora deep fried /with curry.my family like a simple stir fry with onion as a side dish to rice,dal or chappati.
Ingredients
20 Ivy Gourd/Tindora/Kundri
1/2 cups onion sliced(thin)
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 dry red chili pepper
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder
White pepper powder to taste
Red chili powder to taste
Salt to taste
Method
Wash the ivy gourds/tindora & pat dry.slice off a tiny bit at the two ends to remove the stem and the remains of the flowers if there are any. Then slice them in half and then in fours in thin strips.Heat oil in a thick bottomed skillet. Add the dry chili pepper and the cumin seeds. When the seeds crackle add the sliced gourds to the pan along with red chili powder,turmeric powder & coriander powder cook on medium heat,once ivy gourd half cooked add sliced onion ,salt & white pepper powder. Cook until the gourds and onions are soft to bite in. The onions and the gourd might brown and that is okay.Turn off heat.It is a side dish, served along with rice and dal or Chappati.
Desi Swad 