Ingredients:
1 cup green peas
8-10 kovakka (ivy gourd), sliced
1 big onion, sliced
1 tomato, chopped
1 piece ginger
3-4 cloves garlic
2-3 green chillies
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2-3 tsp sambhar powder (I used Eastern sambhar powder)
1 cup thick coconut milk
1 tsp mustard seeds
curry leaves
oil
salt
Preparation:
- Soak green peas in water overnight. Pressure cook it by adding salt and enough water and keep aside.
- Grind ginger, garlic and green chillies together and make a paste.
- Cook sliced kovakka pieces, tomato, onion, ground paste and turmeric powder together with water and salt in a pan.
- Add cooked green peas and sambhar powder to this and mix well. Allow to boil.
- Finally add thick coconut milk and boil for 2-3 minutes.Adjust the salt.
- Heat oil in a small pan, splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves. Pour this over the curry, mix well and serve hot….
Sending this to Kerala Kitchen Event hosted by Julie @ Erivum Puliyum
wow.. it looks very yummy.. never heard of kovakka curry..
I never made green peas and ivy gourd combination. But your recipe sounds delicious. nice one dear.
Curry sounds awesome, nice recipe 🙂
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Excellent & east recipe 🙂
Never tried this combo. Looks delicious.
Curry looks delicious..I have never made this combo.
interesting recipe.
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New combo…will definitely try this one
Never tried this combo,looks yum,bookmarked.
Definitely an interesting combo..delicious curry.
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Never tried this combi, but looks great & is definitely healthy
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Very interesting combo n the surry sounds so yummy with coconut milk…thanks for the recipe will try it sometime!
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very nice combo and looks like a delicious curry 🙂
Hi Shabbu ,
Till now i never tried this combi,
but looks great & is definitely healthy
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looks so simple and tasty.
Looks yum and nice combo
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Never tried this combo…looks creamy and yum…
Never tried peas and kovakka.
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Thank you all for your lovely comments….
nice interesting different combination of ingredients..
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It's only in Kerala that I've found these dried peas… a few years back i didn't even know dried peas exists… Though I prefer fresh peas to dried but i love some curries made out of it…This combination sounds great…
interesting combo..haven't tried kovakka in green peas curry,will try sometime:-)
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yummy curry….lovely combo….