Stuffed Tindora is a preparation of Tindora (Ivy Gourd) wherein a ground coconut-spices paste is stuffed in slits in tindoras and cooked into a curry which can be eaten with rotis, rice or bread.
Ingredients
Tindora : 15
Onion : 2
Cinnamon : ¼ inch piece
Cloves : 4
Peppercorns : 10-12
Bay Leaf: 1
Coriander seeds: 2-3 tsp
Garlic : 7 cloves finely chopped
Ginger: ¼ inch piece
Green Chillies: 2 finely chopped
Scraped Coconut: 1 cup
Tamarind: 1 marble sized ball
Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
Chilli Powder: 2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Instructions
Make vertical slits in the tindora as shown in the picture. Make sure you do not cut all the way to the bottom.
Heat a little oil in a pan and stir fry the ginger and 2 cloves of garlic till brown. Add the cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf and coriander seeds and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Remove and keep aside.
Heat oil in pan and stir fry one roughly chopped onion till translucent. Add scrapped coconut and stir fry till golden brown.
Grind the ginger-garlic-dry spices and onion-coconut mixture along with chilli powder and tamarind. Use around ½ cup of water to grind to a smooth but not too watery paste.
Add one finely chopped onion, 5 finely chopped garlic flakes and green chillies to the paste. Add salt and turmeric powder and mix well.
Take a part of ground mixture from step 5 and stuff it in the slit which you had earlier made in the Tindora. Repeat for all the tindoras.
Place all the tindoras in a pan along with the remaining portion of the ground mixture if any is left.
Add a little water to avoid burning. Close lid and let cook on low heat till tindoras are completely cooked. Add salt as per taste.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/stuffed-tindora/