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    Home » By Ingredient » Vegetables » Ivy Gourd

    Published: Apr 19, 2012 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Dondakaya Gutti Masala

    For day four of the marathon, cooking with alphabet “D” is Dondakaya Gutti Masala eka Stuffed Tindora Masala eka Stuffed Ivy Gourd curry. I found todays recipe online almost a decade ago on daawat(dot)com and that page is no longer online. Back then there were very few Indian recipe websites and this is one of the sites I use to refer to very often for new recipes. When I found this recipe, I made it a few times and both of us loved it. Then for some reason I did not cook it for along time, until last week. Preparation is tedious and I decided to stick to less time consuming simple ivy gourd fry.

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    Dondakaya gutti masala or stuffed ivy gourd is a dry curry in which spiced onion paste is stuffed into the gourd and, sautéed until the gourd is tender and crunchy. Although the stuffing is a little time consuming, the effort is all worth it.

    Stuffed Ivy Gourd, stuff ivy gourd masala, tindora bharvan, stuffed tindora, tindora masala, blogging marathon

    Total Time: 35 – 40 minutes
    Preparation: 15 minutes
    Cooking Time: 20 – 25 minutes
    Serves: 2 - 4

    Ingredients:

    • 1 ½ tbsp. Urad Dal ~ Black Gram
    • 2 tsp. Cumin
    • 5-7 Dry Red Chilies (About 2 - 3" long and adjust to taste)
    • 1 medium sized Onion chopped or 1 cup chopped Onion
    • 1 tsp. Chili Powder (adjust to taste)
    • 1 tsp. Salt (this is approx. I did not measure the salt and adjust to taste)
    • 3-4 tbsp. Oil (I think 1 used 3 tbsp.)
    • 1 lb. Ivy Gourd ~ Dondakaya ~ Tindora

    Preparation:

    • Take urad dal, cumin & dry chilies in a pan and dry roast them until they are lightly roasted. Let the spices cool. Grind together roasted spices and onion to a fine paste.
    • Add chili powder and salt to the paste and mix well.
    • Wash ivy gourd and cut off the tips. Cut each gourd lengthwise, ¾th way down, like a”plus”.
    • Stuff some onion paste into each gourd and keep aside. There is going to be some left over stuffing and keep it aside.
    • Heat oil in a frying pan or a saute pan. Add stuffed ivy gourd and left over stuffing to the pan and saute for 2-4 minutes until the gourd is nicely coated with oil.
    • Reduce the heat to medium – medium high, cover and cook for 5-8 minutes until ivy gourd is almost tender. Stir in between to avoid or you could end up with a burnt stuffing or masala.
    • Remove the cover and continue to fry it on medium flame until done. Reduce the heat if the masala or the onion paste burns and keep stirring it every few minutes.
    • Serve it with rice or with roti.

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    1. Visa says

      May 04, 2012 at 9:42 pm

      Been wanting to do this ever since I saw ur post on FB. It's on our menu for the next week 🙂

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        May 05, 2012 at 7:50 am

        I am sure you will like it Visa.

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    2. preeti says

      April 23, 2012 at 1:27 pm

      look awesome...we call this palwal

      Reply
    3. PJ says

      April 21, 2012 at 9:52 pm

      I am not a huge fan of this veggie but dad loves this. Will try it out for him.Nice click...

      Reply
    4. vidhya says

      April 20, 2012 at 5:55 am

      Yummy curry. I dont add onion for sturffing. will surely try this next time.

      Reply
    5. Rasya Srinath says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:23 pm

      this is a nice stuffing like you said.. the pain of chopping & stuffing is the hitch...but a variation should do good!

      Reply
    6. Archana says

      April 19, 2012 at 7:18 pm

      They look gorgeous

      Reply
    7. Suma Gandlur says

      April 19, 2012 at 6:48 pm

      Looks scrumptious. We stuff it with curry powder.

      Reply
    8. Priya says

      April 19, 2012 at 3:50 pm

      Never tried Ivy gourd this way...Sounds too delicious

      Reply
    9. Jayanthi says

      April 19, 2012 at 3:13 pm

      I haven't heard of stuffed Ivy gourd. Looks absolutely tempting. I'm definitely gonna try it. Nice recipe...

      Reply
    10. Pradnya says

      April 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm

      looks amazing...lovely pictures , i wonder when i last drooled over a veggie recipe

      Reply
    11. harini says

      April 19, 2012 at 12:06 pm

      Lovely! I gotto try this! The bowl looks so very appetizing!!

      Reply
    12. Divya Prakash says

      April 19, 2012 at 11:54 am

      Looks delicious.. Am not a fan of ivy gourd. but still ur dish is so inviting, makes me want to try it..

      Reply
    13. vaishali sabnani says

      April 19, 2012 at 10:49 am

      VEY TEMPTING have book marked this one.we all are very fond of Tindodas..and this is a lovely variation.Super!!

      Reply
    14. Mireille says

      April 19, 2012 at 10:04 am

      never tried ivy gourd before..looks like a delicious recipe to try it with!

      Reply
    15. Priya says

      April 19, 2012 at 4:35 am

      Yumm, stuffed tindoras looks super delicious..wish to have some for my lunch today..

      Reply
    16. Srivalli says

      April 19, 2012 at 3:27 am

      That's one wonderful bowl Usha..very tempting..

      Reply
    17. Spandana says

      April 19, 2012 at 2:53 am

      Looking very delicious!!!! The pic is so tempting... yumm!!

      Reply

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