This Kovakkai Mochai pirattal is made with mochai (bean seed) and kovakkai. This is served as side dish with rice.
Kovakkai Mochai Pirattal is a flavorful South Indian dish made with ivy gourd (Kovakkai) and cowpeas (Mochai). To prepare, start by washing and slicing the Kovakkai into thin pieces, then marinate it with turmeric and salt. Cook the fresh or soaked Mochai Kottai until soft. In a kadai, heat oil and add mustard seeds. Then, add chopped onions, curry leaves, and tomatoes. Sauté until the tomatoes are well mashed. Season with red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, and salt. Add the marinated Kovakkai and cooked Mochai. Mix well with a little water. Cover and cook on medium heat for a few minutes. Finally, stir in a coconut paste and cook for a few seconds until the mixture is dry and well combined. Enjoy this dish as a delicious accompaniment to rice or roti!
Kovakkai Mochai Pirattal
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minutesThis Kovakkai Mochai pirattal is made with mochai (bean seed) and kovakkai. This is served as side dish with rice.
Ingredients
Kovakkai – 10 Nos
Fresh Mochai Kottai (Beans seed) – 1 cup
Onion – 1 No
Tomato – 1 No
Coconut paste – 1 tablespoon
Red Chilli Powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 teaspoon
Oil – 2 tablespoons
Mustard – 1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida Powder – a pinch
Curry Leaves – few
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Directions
- Wash and cut the Kovakkai into 4 to 5 thin pieces lengthwise. Add turmeric powder and salt and mix well. Keep it aside.
- Cook the Mochai Kottai (I used fresh white colour Mochai Kottai) with a pinch of salt till soft. If you do not have the fresh one, then you can use the dried Mochai. In such case soak it overnight and cook it till soft.
- Chop onion and tomato finely.
- In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up add chopped onion, curry leaves and fry for few seconds. Then add chopped tomato and fry till it mashed well. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well.
- Add marinated Kovakkai and the cooked Mochai kottai. Mix it once again and sprinkle one or two handful of water. Cover with a lid and cook on medium flame for few minutes.
- Then add coconut paste (Grind one or two tablespoons of coconut gratings and make a thick paste) and stir well. Cover with lid and again cook for few seconds.
- Open the lid and stir well and keep it on the stove till it become dry.
A unique and an intriguing combination… i m drooling just imagining the burst of flavors
chopped onions has been mentioned to add twice.pls clarify.
Hi Shbhashini,
Thank you for pointing out the mistake. It is a typograpical error and now I corrected it.
Lovely dish. I always love cooking with “mochai” on account of its high protien content…
Shobha