Ivy gourd is known as baby watermelon, tindora and kovakkai. There will be lot of this tindora plants in streets in my home town and I haven't seen anyone preparing a recipe with this vegetable. When I saw kovakkai poriyal in my chennai hostel, the first thing I did was to inform about this vegetable curry to my mom.Tindora /Kovakkai is rich in Vitamin A, vitamin C and beta-carotene. Kovakkai poriyal is served as side dish to Rice. Please check below for step by step instructions for preparing South Indian Kovakkai Poriyal
