Kovakkai chutney|Tindora Pachadi – Andhra-style Dondakaya pachadi with full video and step-by-step pictures.
I learnt this recipe from my friend Archana from Singapore. I happened to taste this Andhra-style pachadi recipe at her place. She is an excellent cook and the chutney was very unique and tasty. She shared the recipe for the kovakkai chutney and I immediately tried this at home the next day. It tasted exactly the same and everyone at home loved it.
I have tried this chutney for my guests too and every time it is a super hit. She told we can replace Tindora with beetroot also. I tried that version also and it tasted yummy. Later over experience learnt, we can use Ridge gourd, radish, dosakai, and raw tomato for making this Andhra pachadi.
This chutney pairs well with hot rice, idli, dosa, and even chapati too. I loved this as a spread for Bread too.
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Kovakkai Chutney recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup kovakkai | tindora cut into roundels
- 4-5 red chilis
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- A small gooseberry sized tamarind
- 2 tbsp grated coconut
- 2 cloves tamarind
- Salt as needed
- 1 onion
- Handful of coriander leaves
- Few curry leaves
Instructions
- In a pan add 2 tsp oil, and throw in the curry leaves, garlic, chana dal, urad dal, red chili, tamarind and when the dals turn golden brown add the cumin seeds and put off the flame and allow this to cool.
- In the pan, add the kovakkai and cook it covered in a medium flame for 7 to 8 minutes.
- When this cools down, grind it in a mixer along with the roasted dal mix.
- Add coconut while grinding.
- When 3/4 th is done, add finely chopped onions and coriander leaves and grind coarsely.
- Add a little of water while grinding.
- If you want just temper with mustard seeds at the last before serving.
- Enjoy with hot rice smeared with oil.
Notes
- This can be had with dosa or chapatis too.
- I loved the Kovakkai Chutney | Tindora pachadi with bread too as a spread.
- In a pan add 2 tsp oil, and throw in the curry leaves, garlic, chana dal, urad dal, red chili, tamarind and when the dals turn golden brown add the cumin seeds and put off the flame and allow this to cool.
- In the pan, add the kovakkai and cook it covered on a medium flame for 7 to 8 minutes.
- When this cools down, grind it in a mixer along with the roasted dal mix.
- Add coconut while grinding.
- When 3/4 of this is done, add finely chopped onions and coriander leaves and grind coarsely.
- Add a little water while grinding.
- If you want just temper with mustard seeds at the last before serving.
- Enjoy with hot rice smeared with oil.
- This can be had with dosa or chapathis too.
- I loved the Kovakkai Chutney with breads too as a spread.
Nice side dish,I too do this.
Never tried thogayal with kovakkai, this is awesome Jeyashri..
With bread too ? wow that is super cool!
Goes well with dosa! Very tempting
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I have never tried this..in fact never tasted it or maybe with andra meals & never realized it wa shade of kovakkai… first time to you space jeyashri :).. u have a lovely space.. visit mine sometime when free!
That was quick :).. thanks for dropping by 🙂 really appreciate that! Happy to follow u! thanks again!
new to me. Sounds yum. Will surely try.
The chutney looks really yummm…have never tried making aa chutney out of kovakkai..really nice recipe.
very delicious and tempting chutney.
Anjana
This is one of my hubby's fav.I use to prepare in a little different way.
WOW!!! So new to me but definitely loving it! I love thovayal like this 🙂
Dear, you have some awards waiting at my site 😉
this chutney is completely new to me. looks delicious
sounds interesting and healthy too jeya 🙂
thx. for sharing.
Sounds very interesting…….Bookmarked.
wonderful one yaar.. i hv made ur beetroot chiutney n this too goes to my do list..
Never heard of this !! Interesting recipe..always have doubts abouts adding raw onions to thogaiyals. Will give it a try !!
very new recipe but looks wonderful. would love this with rice.
jeyashree this looks brilliant i ve all the ingredients wil give it a shot right away
I luv kovakkai..Never tried chutney in it.
this is totally new to me too.. had no idea of tindora chutney. looks great
really an innovative chutney….
looks really yumm.n nice tempting colour……Thanx 4 this recipe..
Maha
I have heard of this recipe …will give a try soon ..loved ur step wise pictures …
Bookmarked this one…cant wait to try it…
mouth-watering, love it when it is a bit coarse!!! have some Tindly handy, am gonna try this now!!!
I love kovakkai but my mom always tells me its not a great and healthjy veggie as we always make fry with it! making it this way is also good and different!
Shobha
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hi jeyashree
i made this today…i simply loved it.thanks a lot…..it goes well with rice….n with bread as a spread.
jeyashree
i made this today…it was sper yummy…i like it more like this than curry.it goes well with rice n with bread as a spread.
Thanks for trying out this renu and glad that you liked this. I personally love this one 🙂
i love it with dosa
very nice
nice
i was looking for this recipie
Hi Jayashri
Want to thank you for the bottom of my heart for bringing out such an initiative. I came across your site yesterday and got hooked. Thank you once again for making cooking a tasty and enjoyable experience
Sree Nampoothiry
THANK YOU Jayashri for this very, very tasty dish. I have developed so much interest in cooking after visiting your site.
i tried this and loved it
I tried it… everyone @ home just loved it… too goood
Hi jayasree! I have been following your blog for a while n now after marriage this has become my saviour. I tried this chutney 2 weeks back n my husband just loved it. Both of us are not really great fans of this veggie but the chutney made us clean bowled. I decided to write here as my husband requested to let u know the recepie is awesome !!! 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much
Jeyashree,
I don't see when to add garlic and is that ok to add raw onion and garlic ? (paachai vasanai?)
-Malathi Iyer
Jeyashree,
I am your big fan! Tasted your mom's cooking and Mythili's when I visited India last time.Will meet you next time!!
When to add Garlic and wondering if we add raw onion I thought it would give paachai vasanai.
-Malathi Iyer
Thank you so much. I added garlic while roasting, but onions are added raw. It will taste very nice. No pachai vasanai
Jeyashri one quick qn is it raw onion or small onion 1 no.?
It's big onion vidhya, not chinna vengayam and it has to be added raw
Don’t we need to sauté the onions before adding to the ground kovakkai paste
No need to saute the onions, the taste will be great.