Tendle Ani Batate Upkari ( Ivy Gourd Together With Potatoe Sauté); Meatless Monday

Have y'all e'er noticed that when nosotros are stressed/rushed/hurried, nosotros gravitate towards comfort food. What is comfort food?? Different people may select unlike definitions for it. For me, comfort nutrient is nutrient that y'all grew upwards with; nutrient that is familiar to you. Food that makes y'all nostalgic; nutrient that y'all tin educate amongst your eyes closed; without whatsoever thought! That to me is comfort food!! What is comfort nutrient for you?

When I am inward a rush, I similar to educate things that are familiar in addition to that which I tin educate without whatsoever witting thought! This for me is amongst our traditional Konkani nutrient that is actually slow to position together. There is non much prep fourth dimension or educate fourth dimension involved. They are really unproblematic recipes without a long listing of spices inward them. The ingredients are really few in addition to demand exclusively 3-4 ingredients apart from the primary vegetables that are existence used. These ordinarily are: cooking oil, mustard seeds in addition to cherry-red chilli peppers. The marker of high temperature tin travel easily modified based on private preference without compromising the taste. In this recipe the vegetables used are potatoes and ivy gourd. Ivy gourd is likewise known every bit gherkin/tendle/tendli/kowakkai/kundru/tindora/tonde kai. Check out this recipe.

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: xv mins

Total time: 25 mins

Servings: 3-4

Ingredients:

Tendle/Tendli/Kowai/ Ivy gourd: 250 gms or 10 oz
Potatoes: 2 medium sized.
Coconut oil: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Dried cherry-red chillies: 1-2 medium sized, broken into 2 pieces.
Salt: every bit per taste
Water: 1/4 cup
Freshly grated coconut: 1 tbsp ( for garnishing)( optional).

Method:

Peel the potatoes. Wash them in addition to cutting them into 1 inch length pieces amongst 0.5 cms thickness.

Wash the ivy gourd thoroughly. Chop the tips off at both ends of the  ivy gourd. If it is cherry-red inside, discard it. Slice the  ivy gourd thinly along the length of the  ivy gourd. Each  ivy gourd can travel sliced into 6-8 slices. Slice all the  ivy gourd in this trend and keep aside.

Heat kokosnoot fossil oil in addition to mustard seeds inward a sauté pan. Once the mustard seeds crackle, add together broken dried cherry-red chillies. Now add together the sliced  ivy gourd and chopped potatoes. Add salt, H2O and mix well. Cover in addition to educate on depression flaming until both the  ivy gourd and potatoes are tender( around 10-15 mins), sauteing once inward a while.

Turn off the flame. Garnish amongst freshly grated coconut.

Serve hot amongst rice or flatbread/ roti.

Enjoy.

I am bringing this to Throwback Th #47, Fiesta Fri #128  and Saucy Sat #53!

Cooking made easy:

The to a higher house dish tin travel made quicker if cooked inward a trace per unit of measurement area pan. After adding the sliced ivy gourd, potatoes, tabular array salt in addition to water, convey it to a boil, closed the trace per unit of measurement area pan lid. Place the weight/whistle of the trace per unit of measurement area cooker in addition to educate on medium flaming until y'all listen the kickoff whistle. Turn off the flame. Wait for the trace per unit of measurement area to travel completely released earlier opening the lid. Garnish amongst freshly grated kokosnoot if y'all wish.

Tip for good for y'all living:

Ivy gourd is an extremely good for y'all vegetable that is fat-free in addition to fiber rich.It is a slap-up rootage if iron, vitamin B2, thiamine in addition to dietary calcium.It has been used to process leprosy, fever, asthma, bronchitis, in addition to jaundice. The fruit possesses mast cell-stabilizing, antianaphylactic, and antihistaminic potential.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinia_grandis

https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/ivy-gourd/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/553875-nutritional-value-in-tondli/

Food for thought:

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