Ivy gourds or kundru with potato and poppy seeds.
A very delicious dry curry with ivy gourd, potatoes and poppy seeds or khaskhas. You don’t need any spices except turmeric and poppy seeds.
Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, tindora, and kowai fruit, is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the southern Indian states, where it forms a part of the local cuisine. Coccinia grandis is cooked as a vegetable
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Available as a dietary supplement, ivy gourd is said to have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects that may aid in the prevention or treatment of a diverse range of health conditions, from diabetes and high cholesterol to high blood pressure and obesity.
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Sending this post to A to Z challenge, a challenge initiated on Facebook Group, created by Jolly and Vidya.
Wherein a group of bloggers come together and we choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month. This month’s Alphabet is letter I. And I made this recipe using ivy gourd.
I have missed letter A. Here are some recipes I have shared for this challenge.
Eggs in poppy seeds and tomato gravy
Hazelnut honey chocolate mango smoothie
Its a very easy to make yet superbly delicious curry. If you have ground paste ready then you can make it in a ziffy. You can also make it without potatoes or use less potato if you want. Use green chilli according to your taste.
Recipe
Ivy gourd – 250 gram
Potatoes – 2
Onion – 3, thinely sliced
Poppy seeds or khaskhas – 3 tablespoon
Green chilli – 2 – 3
Nigella seeds or kalonji – 1/4 teaspoon, optional
Mustard oil – 2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
Method
1. Soak the poppy seeds in 1/3 cup hot water for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes strain the water and grind with 1 – 2 green chilli and 2 – 3 tablespoon water. You can add little more water if required. Make a smooth paste.
3. Rinse the ivy gourd well. Cut both ends and make half lengthwise. Make thin slices.
4. Peel the potatoes. Wash well and make thin slices.
5. Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add nigella seeds or kalonji if using.
6. Add thinly sliced onion. Fry for a minute.
7. Add thinly sliced ivy gourds and potatoes. Stir well.
8. Add salt and turmeric powder. Mix and cover the pan. Cook on low heat. Keep stirring in-between.
9. When the ivy gourd and potatoes becomes brown add poppy seeds and green chilli paste. Rinse the grinder jar with 1/4 cup water and add with it. Mix and add 1 – 2 slit green chilli if you want spicy.
10. Cook on high heat. Keep stirring.
When the curry dried up and changed it’s colour to brown. Add 1 teaspoon mustard oil and mix. This step is optional. I have added it for an extra zing. You can skip this step if you want.
11. Remove from heat. Your ivy gourd with poppy seeds is ready.
Garnish with green chilli or cilantro/coriander leaves.
Serve hot with steamed rice or any bread.
Notes
1. Use green chilli according to your taste.
2. You can also use red chilli powder if you want.
3. You can make this dry curry without potatoes or less potato.
4. Nigella seeds or kalonji is optional. If you don’t have nigella seeds or you don’t like the flavour skip it.
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I have used apple, pomegranate, pear, cucumber, coconut and tomato. You can use any fruit of your choice. Finely chopped onion can be used in the salad. Sometimes I also add little garlic powder but today I have made it without onion garlic. You can also use mint leaves or cilantro/coriander leaves in the salad if you want.
