Ivygourd Masala Rice is delicious rice made with spice powder and Ivy Gourd. This rice makes an excellent dish for a lazy saturday when you just want something simple, yet interesting to make a meal.
These mixed rice dishes are very quick and easy to assemble as you can always have the spice powders made ahead. All you need is some cooked rice and if you have it already, then it only takes time to saute this mixed rice.
We mostly make Dondakaya Vepudu, so I thought this rice dish will be an excellent pick for this series. Ivy Gourd is called Dondakaya in Telugu, Tindora in Hindi, and Kovakkai in Tamil. I had previously made a tindora Curry, a tindora chutney, Gujarati style Tindora stir fry, and Maharashtrian Tindora Masala Bath.
Today's recipe is a simple south style rice dish made with roasted and ground spice and lentil powder. This makes an easy lunch box dish as you can have the powder made ahead.
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Ivy gourd Masala Rice | Dondakaya Annam
Ingredients Needed:
2 cups Rice cooked
250 gms Ivy Gourd / Dondakaya
Salt to taste
A Pinch Turmeric Powder
For the Masala Powder
2 tbsp Urad Dal
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tbsp Peppercorns
4 nos Dry Red Chillies
Handful Curry leaves
For Tempering:
1 tsp Ghee
2 tsp Cooking Oil
Handful Cashew Nuts
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
3 to 4 Dry Red Chillies
1 tsp Chana Dal
Handful Curry Leaves
How to make Ivy gourd Masala Rice
Wash and cook the rice as you normally do, spread on a plate for the rice to cool down.
Wash and trim the sides of the vegetables, slice as juliennes.
In a nonstick pan, dry roast all the ingredients listed for the spice powder. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth powder.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil, temper with mustard, chana dal, cashew nuts, red chilies, curry leaves and saute well.
Now add the chopped vegetables and simmer. Add turmeric powder, salt and cook on high to mix well.
Add the ground spice powder and mix well.
Finally, add the cooked rice and combine. Add the ghee and simmer for 5 mins.
Serve with Papad
Recipe
Ivy gourd Masala Rice | Dondakaya Annam
Ingredients
For the Rice
- 2 cups Rice cooked
- 250 gms Ivy Gourd / Dondakaya
- Salt to taste
- A Pinch Turmeric Powder
For the Masala Powder
- 2 tbsp Urad Dal
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 tbsp Peppercorns
- 4 nos Dry Red Chillies
- Handful Curry leaves
For Tempering:
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- Handful Cashew Nuts
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 3 to 4 Dry Red Chillies
- 1 tsp Chana Dal
- Handful Handful Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Wash and cook the rice as you normally do, spread on a plate for the rice to cool down.
- Wash and trim the sides of the vegetables, slice as juliennes.
- In a nonstick pan, dry roast all the ingredients listed for the spice powder. Allow to cool and grind to a smooth powder.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, temper with mustard, chana dal, cashew nuts, red chillies, curry leaves and saute well.
- Now add the chopped vegetables and simmer. Add turmeric powder, salt and cook on high to mix well.
- Add the ground spice powder and mix well.
- Finally, add the cooked rice and combine. Add the ghee and simmer for 5 mins.
- Serve with Papad and Vegetable.
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Suma Gandlur says
I have bookmarked one ivy gourd rice recipe from Harini, this marathon. Your version of rice also seems flavorful. I am soon going to make that podi.
Kalyani says
we make a similar vangibhath with Ivygourd. That spice mix is something I want to try...
Sushma Pinjala says
I will definitely try this dish. I love ivy gourd. Nice flavorful dish.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Is it the same spice powder that you used for vendiya saadam? You are awesome valli. Great way to repurpose. I love ivy gourd and this rice with that spice powder is very delicious. yum
Srivalli says
Actually the spice powder deferred by not having the curry leaves for one of the recipe. I felt the curry leaves would add more flavour, so made it at one shot for both the recipes..heheheh
Gayathri Kumar says
We don't get good kovakkai here. Now seeing this rice, I need to search for it so that I can try this. That spice powder sounds so good Valli.
harini says
I also made dondakaya annam earlier this series. But this spice powder is different and I am sure I will et to it soon.
Sharmila Kingsly says
We usually make ivy gourd podi curry in a similar way.. Making it a rice dish is really intresting!!
Pavani says
Wow, I will definitely try this dish! It looks very flavourful and delicious! Great share!
Swati says
Love the sound of this rice with the spicy and flavourful masala. Lovely share.
Renu says
Yummy and healthy masala rice with ivy gourd in it.
Vaishali Sabnani says
I is a tough one to crack , but you are smart and know how to play your cards ! Perfect ivy gourd rice , good to learn that we have a South version too , I knew only about the Maharashtrian one !