Most sundays I have a cook out to use up the content of my fridge ready for a restock of fresh vegetables. I enjoy cooking with vegetables that are non standard to see what I can make. Tindora is vegetable that can be found in most indian grocerys shops. Tindora also know as ivy gourd apart from tasting amazing is a good source of Iron, Vitamin B2, B1, fibre and calcium. Give it a go and let me know what you think.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Tindora
- 1 small Potato
- 1 1/2 tbs Sunflower Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Jira seeds
- 1 tsp Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Jira and coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
- 2 medium Tomatoes
- 1/2 medium Lemon
- 1 bunch Coriander Finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash and cut the tindora into think slices.
- Wash skin a potato and chop to similar small pieces.
- In a non stick pan add 1 1/2 tbs of sunflower oil and heat.
- On medium heat add 1tsp mustard seeds and jira seeds. Till they start to pop.
- Add tindora and potato and stir fry for 5 minutes till all the veg is covered with oil.
- Add 1tps salt, 1/2 tps tumeric, 1/2 red chilli powder, 1 tsp Jira and coriander powder and 1/4 garam masala.
- Grind 2 tomatoes in a blender and add to the vegetables.
- Add the lid and cook for 15 minutes till tindora are soft enough you can break them with a spoon.
- Add the juice of 1/2 lemon and garnish with corriander.
