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Quick and Easy Ivy Gourd Fry- Kovakka Fry Today's recipe is a quick and easy vegetable fry with kovakkai/tindora/ivy gourd. Do you love ivy gourd? If you are new to this veggie, you should give it a try. Small, tender fresh ivy gourd tastes delicious, and there are so many ways you can enjoy this vegetable. It has a mild flavor and can be curried, fried, stuffed, or pickled. Fried Tindora can be paired with steamed rice and rasam or with chapati. It makes for a delicious and quick vegetarian dinner. Ivy gourd is a healthy vegetable, and when stir-fried it is still juicy and crunchy to taste. You'd be surprised at how simple and delicious this stir fry can be. It is subtly spiced with turmeric and chilly powder. The flavor of ginger, curry leaves, and coconut oil is a must for an authentic Kerala taste. Ivy gourd is popular in India and is known as tindora,tendli, dondakaya, kovakkai, etc. It grows on vines and is also known for medicinal purposes. Back home, tindora vin...

Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry Beef and vegetable stir fry is a filling meal with meat and vegetables. It can be served over rice. It is also a quick fix lunch box idea. Try this with beef,chicken or prawns. Ingredients Beef - 1 lb cut into thin long strips Vegetables- broccoli florets, bell pepper and mushrooms- 3 cup Oil- 3tbs (canola or sesame oil ) Soya sauce- 2 tbs Dark soya sauce- 1 tbs Chilly Garlic paste- 2 tsp Ginger minced- 1 tsp Ginger thinly sliced- 1 tsp Garlic- 3 cloves Rice vinegar- 1 tsp Dark brown sugar- 2 tsp Onion- 1 medium Spring onions- 2 springs Corn starch- 2 tsp Sesame seeds and chilly flakes - a dash In a sauce pan mix soya sauce, dark soya sauce, chilly garlic sauce, brown sugar, vinegar , minced ginger and 1/3 cup of water.  Heat this mixture in medium low heat for about two minutes and set aside. In another bowl mix corn starch with two tsp of water and set aside. Heat oil in a large pan or work to medium high. When it is ...