Dondakaya Nuvvula Fry How to Prepare Andhra Style

    Hi friends, today recipe is Dondakaya Nuvvula fry (Tindora Poppy seeds powder fry). In Andhra we prepare this tasty recipe in our regular vegges... So many varieties to prepare this tindora (dondakaya). Stuffed tindora, tindora fry, tindora masala curry.. etc..., The taste also so good.. Tindora veg is prepared as a gravy, curry, fry.. But today we prepare fry. Its so good to eat side dish are eat with steamed rice also.. Actually we eat this fry with pappu, pappu pulusu, rasam its so good to eat it.. This is very tasty and delicious recipe... This is a "tasty, easy n good looking" way to cook dondakaya, which i usually neglect to buy because of the time and efforts to chop this hard veg, as well as the long cooking time. But recipe cuts down all those efforts to half. In this recipe I chop the veg length wise into half, chopping is done. Then dondakaya boil it for then use it to make fry. And coming to the cooking time, I use little more oil than we usually use, just for quick frying to avoid constant stirring on medium flame. Cook the veg on higher heat with good amount of oil and add the taste makers in the end. To many, dondakaya is an unusual vegetable, not very common, unlike in our parts of India where its pretty popular. You will find extremities with regard to the popularity of dondakaya, where one either hates this vegetable or just loves it. I, for one love this vegetable and prepare it regularly at home and why not, its available in abundance, fresh, cheap, healthy and tasty. Its preparation also so easy. So lets see the process to make the fry....

Ingredients :-

• Dondakaya (Tindora) 250 grams
• Poppy seeds 4 tbsp
• Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
• Urad dal 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Dry Red chilies 2
• Garlic cloves 5
• Red chili powder 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds powder 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Curry leafs 
• Oil 10 tbsp

Preparation :-

1. First take dondakaya clean it, then cut it into small and straight pieces. Then take a cooking bowl add 1 glass water, salt, turmeric powder, dondakaya pieces and boil it for 10 minutes.
2. After 10 minutes, move it the dondakaya pieces, to strain water and put it a side for start next process...
3. Take a wok add oil to heat, when oil is heated then add urad dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds to fry. Then add red chili pieces, curry leafs and fry it for.
4. Next add garlic clove pieces to fry, then add boiled dondakaya pieces to fry it for 5 more minutes. Fry it the dondakaya red color, then add red chili powder and mix it well.
5. Next take a wok add poppy seeds for dry roast, when the poppy seeds are fried then move it to a jar and grind it fine powder....
6. When the dondakaya is fried then add fried poppy seeds powder, cumin seeds powder, little bit salt and then mix it well for. 
7. Fry it for 2 minutes and then move it to a serving bowl and then serve it.....

And now the tasty and delicious recipe 'Dondakaya nuvvula fry' is ready to serve... You can serve this recipe with rice, roti, chapati... And also serve this recipe with side dish also... Like pappu, rasam its great combination........