Kovakkai Poriyal With Kadalai Paruppu | Ivygourd Fry With Channa

Poriyal is one of the popular side dish in the south Indian cuisine. you can tried poriyal with various vegetables. but most of them didn’t not like kovakkai. Mine also not like kovakkai. but for healthy purpose I tried to cook various method by using kovakkai. This Kovakkai poriyal is the wonderful and yummy taste, the channa (kadalai paruppu) and dry chilly coarse paste will be given the yummy taste for this recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Total times: 30 minutes

Serving: 4

Course: Side dish

Cuisine: south Indian recipe

Ingredients:

(1 cup = 100 ml)

250 gram Kovakkai, Chopped as lengthy wise

1 onion, Finely Chopped

5 Garlic cloves, chopped

1 Cup Coconut, Grated

1 tblsp red chilly powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 tblsp coriander powder

Salt to taste

To Grinding:

2 tblsp channa dal

4 red dry chilies

To Tempering:

1 Tsp Mustard seeds

1 Tsp urad dal

1 Sprig Curry leaves

2 Tblsp Cooking Oil

Method:

Heat a pan add 2 tblsp channa dal and dry chilies
Fry till channa dal gets golden brown, transfer it to mixi jar and grind it as coarse powder and keep aside
Heat a pan, add 2 tblsp oil and Mustard seeds and urad dal
When mustard seeds crackle, add Garlic cloves, sauté till garlic raw smell goes away
Add Onion and curry leaves, sauté for a minutes
Add Kovakkai and sauté for a minutes
Add 1 tblsp Chilly powder, 1 tsp turmeric powder and 2 tblsp Coriander powder
Mix well and close the lid and let it cook till the kovakkai cooks well
Add Grinded masala and grated coconut then mix well
close the lid and let it cook for 5 minutes
Serve kovakkai poriyal with rice and sambar