Nuvvu chintakaya dondakaya pacchadi

Hieeeeeee,
Last week i saw a health program in maa tv which comes at 7 in the morning.
"Mee aarogyam mee chethilo"
The anchor is a Ayurveda doctor.
It shows different oil less cooking recipes
One of them is Dondakaya Pacchadi
I made a lil modifications to the chutney.
My recipe is as follows:

1/2 pound Dondakaya
5 tblspns Chintakaya thokku(or chintakaya pacchadi)
Green chillies 5-8 depending on your spice preferences
Nuvvulu/ Sesame Seeds 5 spoons
Tempering:
Chana daal
Mustard seeds
curry leaves
hing/asefotida
jheera

Fry the tempering items in oil and add Dondakaya and fry for 5 min on medium flame
Increase the heat to high and fry for 1 more min and add a 1tbl spoon of thick yogurt
fry for 1 more min and decrease the flame to Low and close it with a lid for 10 min till they are half cooked
Remove from flame
Nou add Chintakaya tokku/tamrind crush to the dondakaya and blend it coarsly with grinder.
Do not mix it like a paste.
Serve it hot with Hot rice topped with butter/ghee.

This recipe is best for the ones who dont like dondakaya at all.
The tamrind crush will take over the taste of dondakaya.
If you are using tender tamrind add a tblspoon of lemon juice to it.
This recipe is very good for diet.


My version for oil less cooking is:

Fry the tempering items dry and set aside to cool
Nou fry sesame seeds and keep aside.
To manage the fat content, cut the tindoras in to round thin slices and add curd to it and boil for 10min till half cooked.
Remove the lid and fry it till the water goesaway.
Add the tempering, sesame seeds to the boiled tindoras and fry for 5 more min..
Remember do not boil till tender
Only halfcooked pls.
Blend it in blender with tamrind in to a coarse paste.
The fat in the vegetable and fat in the seseme seeds will help to cook the tindoras.
This tastes good when served with tender onion for eating raw.
Try this and tell me hou this tastes.
Bye