Tindora curry

"Kovakkai" - This is how we call this Tindora. Its good for diabetic patients to eat this Tindora atleast once a week. The main ingredients are as follows..

Ingredients:-

1. Tindora (Kovakkai) - 3 cups (chop it lengthwise)
2. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
3. Salt to taste
4. Curry powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Oil - 1 1/2 tsp
6. Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
7. Urid dal - 1/2 tsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
9. Onion - 1 (finely chopped (1/2 if its big))
10. Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
11. Red chillies - 1 or 2.
12. Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
13. Curry leaves - 5 nos.
    

First pressure cook Tindora upto 2 whistles. Do not over cook. Take a wide pan, pre heat the oil, add mustard seeds when it splutters, add urid dal, red chillies and cumin seeds. Fry it for a minute. Now add onion and fry it till it turns into golden brown. Now add tomatoes to it and saute for a minute. Now add tindora with the onion-tomato mix and add salt, curry powder (see receipe) and turmeric powder to the vegetables and mix everything well for 2 to 3 minutes. While using a spoon or spatula, do not mash the vegetables. Garnish it with Coriander leaves and curry leaves.