Kovakkai Fry

Kovakkai (Ivy Gourd) fry is my husband's favourite recipe.Every week I used to make this simple and easy dish .Not much ingredients are needed for this.After cutting the edges,cut the vegetable longitudinally and then finely chop the two separate pieces into very thin and lengthy slices.It takes time but fry tastes good if we chop like this.Before preparing this dish, put the chopped vegetable in a bowl along with water.

Method:

1. Heat 2 table spoon of oil into a pan and add mustard seeds.

2. When it starts spluttering, add urad dal and then add the finely chopped vegeable pieces without water.

3. Add little amount of turmeric to it and simmer the heat.

4. Stir it occasionally until it gets half-cooked.

5. Then add salt and chiili powder to it and stir in the low heat.

6. Close the pan and leave it for 10 to 15 minutes.

7. Fry it in the intermediate time.If the ivy gourd starts to shrink, then it is said to be done.

8. This fry tastes good if it is little more spicy.

9. Serve it with hot plain rice.