Dondakaaya Vepudu - Tindora Stir Fry
I had some fresh tender, plump, dondakayalu (tendli, tindora, kovakkai, ivy gourd) that I had picked up from the rythu bazaar (Farmers Market) this morning. I prepared quite a few varieties with this nutritious vegetable (I’m an ivy gourd fan!) especially stir fries and today, I decided to make a stuffed dry saute with them and came up with this recipe. All you have to do is stuff the tindora and saute them in a tempering base till soft yet with a bit of crunch.
We enjoyed the stir fry with its well balanced flavors. Another variation, give a tangy twist by squeezing some fresh lemon juice towards the end of cooking process.
Dondakaya Vepudu Recipe
Prep & Cooking: 35 mts
Serves 3-4 persons
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1/4 kg dondakaayalu/tindora/ivy gourd, trim ends, make + slit till three fourth of dondakaya
For stuffing:
2 onions, very finely chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp chilli pwd (adjust)
3/4 tsp coriander pwd
big pinch cumin pwd
1/4 tsp saunf pwd (fennel seeds)
1 1/4 tbsp peanuts, coarsely powdered
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste
For seasoning/poppu/tadka:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1″ cinnamon stick
1 tbsp split black gram dal (urad dal/minapappu)
few fresh curry leaves
1 tbsp oil
1 Combine all the ingredients for stuffing. Stuff the + slit dondakayalu with the stuffing mixture and keep aside.
2 Heat oil in a cooking vessel, add the mustard seeds and let them splutter, followed by the urad dal, let the dal turn red. Add the curry leaves and cinnamon stick and saute for a few seconds.
3 Add the stuffed dondakayalu (if any stuffing is left over add it too). Cook on medium heat, turn once in a while for 6-7 mts.
4 Reduce flame, cover with lid and cook. Once in a while, stir the dondakayalu such that they cook all over. Remove lid after 15 mts. Continue to stir fry for a few more mts till the dondakayalu are soft yet have a bit of crunch.
By sailu • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes
Sailu,
any recipe from you(r photos) makes me hungry.
tindora looks so attractive. generally i stuff this with ground onion mixture. but this one is even simple.next time my tindora recipe is ready
thanks for sharing.
Gauri.
That’s a nice recipe.. You just reminded me of this veggie. Been a while since I cooked with it!
I am drooling looking at tindora. i am a big fan of this veggie. next time i am going to try this.
Even I am a big fan of dondakaya .Will try this recipe sometime.
Abba ! Sailu ! u really rock…entha tempting telusa ?
looks delicious Sailu! I’m a dondkaaaya fan too. I have tried u’re other stuffed dondakaaya recipe - i make it quite often - we love it!
this looks good. I would never have imagined that tindoras , being so tiny, are ’stuffable’.
hi,
nice reciepe i used to prepare ullikaram kura with dondakaya.
i will try this one also, i like this type of receipes.
Sailu,
I love tindora/dhonekaayi. Unfortunately I cant really make it at home since the hubby hates it but when hes out of town or I have time to make a dish just for my self I go all out and attempt different ways of preparing tindora. will be adding this to my recipe list to try :o)
My love for tindora is rather recent but this stuffed version looks too good Sailu.
This looks delicious, I’m gonna try this sometime.
Wow when i saw the pic popping up, it looked so delicious. That i wanted to grab and eat them.
What a lovely dish. Thanks for sharing.
Those gherkins are plump, all right. Too bad you are tempting me with ‘em, Sailu. Its been a year since I tasted dhondakkai
Love your guthi dondakaya recipe.. i just made yday guthi dondakaya with chenaga pappu and dhaniyalu karam…
Oh! I miss this veggie ! Missing Rythu Bazar too, those bundles of all kinds of fresh vegetables. I havent seen this veggie at my place till now. I love it too..
Love kovakkai!!! I like the idea of making it stuffed. Your pic is simply mouthwatering. Will try this one for sure.
Love kovakkai…never tried making it this way.:-)
I too love this vegetable. Your recipe and picture both look good. I have bookmarked the recipe.
that looks so lovely…nice way to use cinnamon..will try next time..
Loved this stuffed version of kovakkai. Bookmarked.
I am not a consumer of Ivy gourds but your pic is sooo tempting that I feel it would be worth a try.
what a gorgoeous picture!!! this is one veggie both of us love.
Sailu what can i say…the recipe as creative as always…such a boon for us viewers. tanx for yr time and effort in rching out. can i request you to post recipes from the rajmandri/amalapuram style of cooking. awaiting eagerly..rgds
Looks mouthwatering… My friend taught me a similar recipe with stuffing brinjals. But the raw onions stuffed made the curry taste bitter, do u have such issues .. any tips and tricks ?
No, Revathi. They get nicely cooked and they don’t taste bitter. The tip is in roasting the gourds really well.
I have to try this sailu it looks very delicious
sailaja garu mi recipes chala baguntayi.mi pictures are really tempting avi chusi ventane try cheyyali anipistundi
I have just tried your recipe and it is delicious a very new way of making this simple vegetable. My son helped me stuff it and we had a lot of fun !! thank you
I am great fan of dondakaaya. Thanks for sharing this recipe