Name: Tindora /Ivy gourd/Kovakkai/ Rice... recipe by Anjali Suresh at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ivy gourd / Tindora - 1 big cup ( washed & cut into thin slices ); Basmati rice - 1 & half glass; Onion-2 big finely chopped; Tomatoes - 2 cut small; Ginger & Garlic finely chopped - 1 tbspn; Green chilly - 1 or 2 slit; Jeera - 1 tspn; Turmeric pwdr - half tspn; Red chilly powder - half tspn; Biryani masala or kitchen king masala - 1tspn ( adjust to taste ); Water for cooking - 3 glasses (double proportion of the rice taken); Salt to taste; Oil - about 1 & half tbspn; Ghee- 1 tspn; Coriander leaves for garnish; Lemon - half

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ivy gourd / Tindora - 1 big cup ( washed & cut into thin slices )
Basmati rice - 1 & half glass
Onion-2 big finely chopped
Tomatoes - 2 cut small
Ginger & Garlic finely chopped - 1 tbspn
Green chilly - 1 or 2 slit
Jeera - 1 tspn
Turmeric pwdr - half tspn
Red chilly powder - half tspn
Biryani masala or kitchen king masala - 1tspn ( adjust to taste )
Water for cooking - 3 glasses (double proportion of the rice taken)
Salt to taste
Oil - about 1 & half tbspn
Ghee- 1 tspn
Coriander leaves for garnish
Lemon - half

Instructions

Wash the rice & keep it soaked for 15 minutes...
A picture of the chopped ...Tindora
Now take a pressure cooker heat it add oil and then jeera....after it splutters put the chopped onions & saute well for 2 minutes
Then add the slit green chilly & chopped ginger and garlic... Saute well till the raw smell goes
Then add the dry masalas & salt and chopped tomatoes and cook till soft
Then add the chopped tindora/ivy gourd.Give a nice stir...
Then add the washed drained rice... Mix well... Put ghee & fry for a few minutes....
A look inside the cooker with all ingredients before adding water
Then add the measured water and squeeze lemon juice.Check salt and spices...Add if required
A picture of the rice with measured water before being cooked...
Then close the cooker and dont put the weight.... that is without the whistle and let it cook on low to medium flame till about 5 mins...
Then turn off the gas when done.... put the weight later and don't let the steam release....
Before serving garnish with coriander leaves....
Serve hot with raita & papad and pickle... :blush:
A pic from the cooker... after coriander leaves being garnished

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