Stuffed Tindora
Straightforward Kerala cooking — good ingredients treated well, spiced with confidence, and served without pretence. The kind of food that tastes like someone's kitchen, not a restaurant.
Ingredientsfor 3 servings
- 2 cup Tindora — cut into half but not split at end, kovakka
- 1/2 cup Coconut milk
- 1/2 cup Coconut — grated
- 1/4 tsp Cummin seeds (Jeerakam)
- 2 nos Green chillies
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- Coconut oil, to taste
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Cook the tindora pieces in coconut milk and allow it to dry under medium heat. take it off the heat.
Step 2
Grind grated coconut, curry leaves, cummin seeds and green chillies. Add required salt and stuff the mixture in each tindora without breaking the end.
Step 3
Warm coconut oil in a pan and stir fry the tindora pieces.
Step 4
Stuffed tindora is ready and serve hot.
Tip
When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.
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