Kovakkai Chips | Crispy Tindora Chips Recipe

Kovakkai chips

Here is a crispy Kovakkai chips / Ivy gourd chips recipe which is deep fried adding wheat flour, sambar powder and other spices. My daughter who is not fond of this vegetable loves this chips very much as it’s crispy when hot and turns soft when cold. She likes to have it as side dish for sambar rice, rasam rice or simply as an evening snack to relish with tomato ketchup. As it is deep fried, I am trying to restrict it once or twice in a month for her. 

Friends, do try this crispy Kovakkai chips recipe for rice and snacks. You will love it for sure. You can make the same with bitter gourd, lady’s finger too.

 

Kovakkai chips recipe

Kovakkai chips / Crispy tindora chips recipe

Kovakkai chips / Crispy tindora chips recipe

Kovakkai chips / Crispy tindora chips recipe for lunch and snacks

 
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Snacks
Serves: 3
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 20 Minutes
Total time: 30 Minutes
 

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml

  • Tindora / Kovakkai – 250 gms
  • Wheat flour – 2 to 3 tbsp
  • Sambar powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Hing / Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp
  • Salt & water – as needed
  • Cooking oil – to deep fry
HOW TO MAKE KOVAKKAI CHIPS / TINDORA CHIPS RECIPE
  1. Wash and thinly slice the kovakkai into roundels.
  2. Drain the water and take it in a wide bowl.
  3. Add wheat flour, sambar powder, turmeric powder, hing and salt.
  4. Sprinkle water to coat the masala. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
  5. Heat oil and add kovakkai in a sprinkled manner. Deep fry in batches.
  6. Toss and cook both sides till bubbles cease. Remove and drain in a tissue paper. Enjoy !

 

METHOD – STEP BY STEP PICTURES
  • Wash and thinly slice the Kovakkai into roundels. Mix wheat flour, sambar powder, turmeric powder, hing and salt. 
  • Kovakkai chips

  • Sprinkle water to coat the masala well. Heat oil to deep fry.
  • Kovakkai chips

  • Take the coated kovakkai and sprinkle in hot oil.  Deep fry both the sides till bubbles cease.
  • Kovakkai chips

  • Remove from oil and drain in a tissue paper. Serve with rice.Kovakkai chips
    Enjoy !

Note

  • Adjust the quantity of sambar powder as per your taste.
  • Adjust the quantity of wheat flour to coat the kovakkai.

  
  Crispy Kovakkai chips / Ivy gourd chips is ready to use.

Ivy gourd chips

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