Simple Dondakaya fry

Simple Dondakaya fry

Simple Dondakaya fry which is nothing but dondakaya fry for beginners in cooking. I love dondakaya, it will be very tasty even if you simply fry it with onion.

Ingredients:

1/2 kg/1lb dondakaya/tindoora thinly sliced lengthwise

1 onion finely sliced lengthwise

2 green chillies slit lengthwise (optional)

1/2 tsp of cumin seeds

1 tsp of urad dal

1 tsp of chana dal

6-8 fresh curry leaves

2 tsp of chili powder ( adjust according to your spice level)

salt to taste

pinch of turmeric

3 tsp of oil

This recipe uses more oil then only it will have good taste and your fry will not be mashed

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan and add cumin seeds, urad dal and chana dal fry till they are slightly brown.Now add curry leaves and fry for just a minute till you get good aroma.
2. Add sliced onions and green chillies and immediately add sliced dondakaya/tindoora fry for 3-4 minutes and close the lid. Generally for other fries you will wait till onions are browned but for dondakaya you should immediately as it will lot of time to become soft.
3. After boiling it with lid for 10 mins / till they are half done now add turmeric and salt and again place the lid back.
4. After 5-8 mins it will be fully done now take the lid off and add chili powder and fry without lid till it becomes bit crispy and take off from the stove.
5. Serve hot with steamed rice and pappu charu