Tindora rice or kovakkai sadam with millets or rice, make a choice but the result is amazing with the fresh spice blend.

I like Tindora/ Kovakkai (Ivy gourd), so wanted to try this rice for long time. I buy it rarely as no one likes it at home. So far I have made kovakkai stir fry only twice.
This time also I wanted to make stir fry only for me but saw this interesting recipe in Facebook page of Bhairavi naturals. Since I wanted to make use of the kodo millet I have got, I tried this with kodo millet.
You can make the same with regular rice too as I have given in the below picture, but thought using this organic millets are healthier option, so made with varagu (Kodo millet).
It is similar to vaangi bath, but this masala powder was bit different from what I have, so happily tried this variation. It turned out so flavorful and tasty.
Recipe card
Tindora rice recipe | Millet Kovakkai sadam
Ingredients
- 15 Tindora / Ivy gourd Kovakkai
- 1 cup Kodo millet or regular rice
- 2 teaspoon Lemon juice - 2 tsp
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- 2 tablespoon Sesame oil
- Salt
To roast & powder
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 6 Red chillies
- 1 tablespoon Chana dal
- 1 teaspoon Urad dal
- 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoon Grated coconut
To temper
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard
- 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 10 Curry leaves
Instructions
- If rice soak for 30 mins prior cooking.
- Water ratio to Pressure cook rice / millet is 1 & ½ cups of water for 1 cup grain. Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame
- Cool down with a drizzle of sesame oil, little salt sprinkled over.
- Then heat a kadai with oil and first roast the items given under ‘To roast & powder’.
- Add coconut lastly after all the other ingredients gets roasted.
- Cool down to powder it.
- Slit cut each tindora into 4 strips. Temper the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
- Add tindora, little salt, turmeric and fry in low flame for 5 minutes or until it starts turning golden here and there.
- Add a cup of water and let the tindora gets cooked and lastly add the masala powder.
- Cook in medium flame until oil separates. Switch off flame.
- Squeeze the lemon juice and add coriander leaves.
- The mix should be like a thick shiny paste. Fluff the cooled rice well.
- Add to the cooked rice, mix well.
Notes
- The millet will look sticky when you open the cooker, but as it cools down, it will turn fluffy.
Stepwise photos
1. Pressure cook rice / millet with 1 & ½ cups of water. If rice soak for 30 mins prior cooking. Pressure cook for 3 whistles in medium flame. Cool down with sesame oil, little salt sprinkled over.
2. Heat a kadai with oil and first roast the items given under ‘To roast & powder’ . Add coconut lastly after all the other ingredients gets roasted.
3. Cool down to powder it.
4. Slit cut each tindora into 4 strips. Temper the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add tindora, little salt, turmeric and fry in low flame for 5 minutes or until it starts turning golden here and there.
5. Add a cup of water and let the tindora gets cooked and lastly add the masala powder.
6. Cook in medium flame until oil separates. Squeeze the lemon juice and add coriander leaves.
7. The mix should be like a thick shiny paste. Fluff the cooled rice well.
8. Add to the cooked rice, mix well.
Just serve with fryums and it tastes great!
Farin Ahmed
Healthy tindora rice!!!! love it
சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்
healthy one
Vimitha Anand
Thats a very healthy one...
padma veeranki
I love this vegetable.....will try this!!
Ranjani Raj
am not a big fan of kovakai.. i heard its really a big health supplement.. so i can try like this kinda different varieties to take in 🙂
Krithika Balu
a innovative recipe loved it 🙂
Madhavi Sawant
I made it and loved the flavor it gave . Best part was no cutting onions and the usual ginger garlic . Just got too spicy for us .. will have less chillies next time. Thanks for ur recipe
Ginger
Looks delicious... What other veggies can be used instead of ivy gourd?
Raks Kitchen
Brinjal can be added 🙂
kalaivani jayaraj
For one cup millet how much water should be added mam..?? Say me for cooker and also in pot
Raks Kitchen
For pressure cooker, I have used 1 & 1/2 cup. For pot, use 2 cups for such rice varieties.
sudha chakravarthy
Can I use little millet
Raks Anand
Sure, same measures.