लहसुनी टिंडली | Garlicky Ivy Gourd Curry | Step Wise

Hi All!!

After posting a simple home style lotus stem curry, I’m posting yet another simple curry which can be made for the regular cooking. This makes use of the humble Ivy Gourd also called Coccinia or टिंडोरा which is a tropical vine. At many places it’s believed that if you eat this vegetable you lose your intelligence. It’s definitely a superstition and I can personally vouch for this gourd, as I’ve been eating this since my childhood, I have lost no intelligence till now .

There are  a few vegetables which tastes best with garlic, like the greens, beans, lotus stem, mushrooms etc. and Ivy gourd is also one of them. This preparation is for garlic lovers as it has loads of garlic in it. If you do not like garlic, just omit that from the recipe completely and the curry prepared that way also tastes good.

This particular recipe is an adaptation of Sanjeev Kapoor’s recipe which I’ve tweaked, to suit my palate. My family loves the spice so I’ve definitely increased that in my version and one can adjust that as per their taste, if they attempt to make  this.

This curry tastes best with plain rice and daal with some poppadum and pickle.

लहसुनी टिंडली

Garlicky Ivy Gourd Curry

Preparation Time:30mins | Cooking Time:15mins | Serves:4-5 | Difficulty Level: Easy

Ingredients (in the order of use)

5-6tbsp vegetable oil

1tsp cumin seeds

8-10 whole red chillies, broken into smaller pieces

an inch piece of ginger

15-18 thick garlic cloves

1/2-1tsp turmeric powder

500-600gms of Ivy Gourd, washed, tipped and cut longitudinally into 4-6pieces

2tbsp coriander powder

1tsp chilly powder

salt to taste

 

Method

Heat oil and splutter the cumin seeds.

While the oil heats and you add the cumin, quickly crush together ginger and five to six cloves of garlic. Finely slice the remaining garlic cloves.

Add the crushed paste and broken chillies to the oil. Once chillies start changing the colour add the sliced garlic and let it wilt under the heat and turn slightly brown.

 

Add the turmeric powder and ivy gourd, mix thoroughly. Cover and cook till half done.

Add salt to taste, chilli and coriander powders. Mix and cook till done.

Serve hot with some curds, rice, daal and roti.

Note:

Keep dipping your hand in plain water while cutting the ivy gourd, to avoid the juices to harden on the skin later on.