Here goes the recipe:
Ingredients
- 250 gms Kovakka (cut lengthwise)
- 4 Green chilly (slit lengthwise)
- 6 Small onion / Pearl onion (finely sliced)
- 1/2 - 1 cup Grated coconut
- 1/2 tsp Jeera
- 1 - 1.5 tsp Finely chopped garlic
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 pieces Kokum (Kudampuli) (soaked in water)
- Coconut oil
- Salt
- Curry leaves
Instructions
- Crush the ingredients from green chilli to turmeric powder using your finger tips. Add the other ingredients to this along with 2-3 tbsp of water. Cover & cook on low fire. It will take 7-10 mins approx. Serve hot with rice.
Notes
It will take sometime for the flavor to set in, ideally it tastes better the next day. Check in between cooking and give it a stir. You can make meen (fish) peera also the same way. I've made this with canned tuna also and it was good. Omit jeera if you are making meen peera. Also try adding grated ginger for meen peera. ( a tip shared by Elizabeth, one of the readers)
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Hey Maria…Tried this one today…and it was super tasty..Thanks a lot dear…
Hi Resh,
How are you?
I’m glad you like it. It looks nice!
Take care,
Maria
hi maria chechi.. :) am a beginner in cooking.. tried this dish since there are a lot of kovakkas here.. everyone liked this recipe… thanks a lot chechi :) keep posting..
Hi Tinu,
Thanks dear :) Nice to know that this recipe worked well for you.
Btw, you can call me Maria :)
Cheers
Maria
Hi Tinu,
Thanks dear :) Nice to know that this recipe worked well for you.
Btw, you can call me Maria :)
Cheers
Maria
i tried this & we loved it…my husband never liked kovakka, but he said this is different & liked it a lot…Thnx Maria for the lovely recepie..!
You are welcome dear :) Glad that it worked well for you..
Thanks for the comment..
Cheers
Maria
i hv tried it….thnx mariya…for such a wondrful recipe….
You are welcome dear :)
Hi Anjana,
Thanks for trying this recipe dear! Good to know that you liked it :)
Cheers
Maria
Maira,
Thanks a lot for this recipe.I made sardines peeravatichathu and we all relished it as it came out really well.
Thanks Sapna. Great to know that you liked it :)
Cheers
Maria
Hey Maria,
Its Lent again and I was searching for new veggie recipes. I hate kovakka and my husband loves it! I cook them for him and dont eat them myself. No amount of convincing about their nutritional value could make me eat them. But this recipe had me gorging on kovakkas :) Â Thanks a lot.
Hi Lee,
Great to know that this recipe made you a kovakka convert ;) Thank you so much for the comment dear!
Cheers
Maria
hi maria i tried dis recipe of urs and it came out really well.goes very wel with rice.have heard kovakka is a very nutritious veg but havent tried to cook it.but ur recipe is very yummy.will make often now.thanx and keep going.
nitasha
Hi Nitasha,
Thanks dear :) It’s a different recipe from the normal thorans and also it tastes like meen peera, thats what I like about this recipe.
Thanks for your wishes too :)
Cheers
Maria
A new visitor here…started with this recipe n Maria I’m impressed…sure going to be a regular here….
Hi Jaya,
Welcome to Marias Menu! It’s good to know that it came out nice for you. Thanks for trying & hope to see you here often :)
Cheers
Maria
Yum at that pic..I have tried teh same preps with kaya (raw banana) ,but this iis new to me..wil be a grt combo with sambar..:)
maria,
kovakka peer a looks so yummy. me too posted one kovakka peera sometime back.chek it out @www.icookipost.com
Nice recipe Maria, will try this out as soon as I can get Kovakka.
Till now only Kovakka dish was kovakka dry prawns merukkupuratty. Its rather simple dish but the dry prawns give a unique flavour.
All like Kovakka at home so having one more recipe is nice.
Recipe sounds easy & yummy!!!! We usually eat veggie curries and love Ivy Gourd! Thanks for shring this recipe!
Looks lovely. I love Ivy Gourd, simply love it.
Maria..Amazing recipe tou, Looks very tempting, never tried with kovakka, but have tried tomatoes and drumsticks, that was very tasty …
Love
Kairali sisters
i probably know a handful of veggie dishes and i get so so bored with it. I only knew how to make the kovakka stir fry, not anythin else…will try this out next time.
now tht u have mentioned kozhuva peera my mouth is all watery!! kozhuva peera and kozhua fry were my fav dishes!! SIgh! wht to do, cant get it here
God bless u Maria!!! i am also at wits end with wht to cook in veggies given I have a hardcore non veg husband who dsnt eat more than half the veggies on the planet and to top it of wht he eats i dont get all veggies here!!! Kovakka is one thing we get but dnt know a a good recipe….. Will def try this one :-)