Dondakaya fry (Tindora Fry)
Dondakaya Fry is an easy stir-fry made in Andhra style with basic ingredients. Dondakaya fry goes well with white rice or can be served as a dish for dal curry or sambar. Here are the simple and easy instructions to prepare the Dondakaya, peanut and coconut fry.
Ingredients Required:
• Tindora – ½ kg(finely chopped)
• Onions – 1 (finely chopped)
• Green chilies – 4 (sliced)
• Ginger – Garlic paste – 1 tablespoon
• Salt as per taste
• Few Curry leaves
• Few Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
• Garam Masala powder – 1 tablespoon
• Coconut – small piece (grate it)
• Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
• Bengal gram – 2 tablespoons
• Mustard seeds – ¼ teaspoon
• Peanuts – 1 tablespoon
• Cumin seeds – ¼ teaspoon
• Red chilies – 4
• Garlic pods – 5
• Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
• Oil – 2 tablespoons
Preparation Method:
• Switch on the stove and heat a pan.
• Then pour 2 tablespoons of oil into the pan and heat it.
• Then add ¼ teaspoon of mustard seeds, ¼ teaspoon of cumin seeds, a tablespoon of peanuts, 2 tablespoons of Bengal gram and a tablespoon of urad dal.
• Fry all the ingredients well for 2 minutes on medium flame.
• Then add cleaned curry leaves into the tempering and cover the pan for a minute.
• Then add chopped onions and green chilies into the tempering and mix it once.
• Cover and cook the onions for a minute.
• Then add chopped Tindora into the onion mixture and mix it once.
• Now add garlic pots into the Tindora mixture and mix it well.
• Then add salt as per taste and mix it well.
• Cover and cook the Tindora for a minute.
• Then add turmeric powder into it and mix it well.
• Now add Ginger – Garlic paste into the mixture and mix it well.
• Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
• Stir it frequently.
• Cook the Tindora until it is cooked completely.
• Then add a tablespoon of Garam Masala powder and mix it once.
• Cover and cook the Tindora for 2 more minutes.
• Then remove the lid and add grated coconut into the mixture and mix it well.
• Cover and cook it well for 2 minutes.
• Then add chopped coriander leaves and mix it well.
• Now switch off the stove and then transfer the Dondakaya fry to a serving plate.
Nutrition facts:
Serving size: 1 cup
• Total fat – 4g
• Sodium – 300mg
• Potassium – 306mg
• Total carbs – 10g
• Dietary fiber – 1g
• Sugars – 1g
• Protein – 1g
• Vitamin C – 2%
• Calcium – 2%
• Iron – 2%
