Dondakaya Fry with Peanuts
Dondakaya fry with peanuts is a special dish of Andhra cuisine.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Dondakaya (Tindora / Ivy gourd)
- Oil For deep fry
- 1/4 cup Roasted peanuts Refer notes
- 8-10 Curry leaves
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Chili powder
- 1/2 tbsp Jeera powder Cumin
Instructions
- Wash the ivy gourd, remove the tips on both ends and chop vertically into 4 pieces.
- Heat oil and deep fry the ivy gourd (Dondakaya /tindora) till they turn dark green brown. They should be crispy and soft.
- Take a separate pan, add 2 tbsp oil (use the same oil from deep frying) and fry curry leaves until crisp. Set them aside for garnishing.
- Add deep fried ivy gourd pieces, salt, chili powder and cumin powder and cook.
- Add roasted peanuts and cook for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with fried curry leaves and serve with steamed rice.
Notes
- Dry roast peanuts.
- You can stir fry the dondakaya pieces instead of deep frying but they take more time and are not as crisp.
- Serve with steamed rice, dal rice or curd rice.