Recipe- Restaurant Style Shahi Tendli

Shahi Tendli is a Bengali curry recipe made with fried tindora or ivy gourd. This Indian sabzi is part of the Shahi cuisine and is delicious!Easily make this restaurant-quality vegan dish at home using basic ingredients! This nutritious perineal herb is a great vegetable to cook with. It is finger-sized, green on the outside, and has white flesh with small seeds on the inside. It actually looks like a baby watermelon!

Ingredients

To Prepare Tendli

300 gms tendli
Oil for frying

To Make Ground Paste

1 onion
2 tomatoes
1/2 cup tahini paste
2 tbsp poppy seeds

To Prepare Curry

1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1-2 bay leaves
3 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 tbsp ginger paste
7-8 cloves garlic
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp chilly powder
salt
1/3 cup cilantro

Method

Method

To Prepare Tendli

* Rinse tendli under running water. Then chop off the ends and cut them lengthwise.

* Heat oil in a frying pan and shallow-fry the chopped tendli till they turn light golden brown.

* Do not crowd the pan, fry them in batches. Place the fried gourd on a paper towel to soak the excess oil. Set aside.

To make Ground Paste

* Then roughly chop and boil onions and tomatoes in water for 7-8 minutes. Add salt as well. Strain and let it cool down completely.

* Transfer this to the mixer grinder along with tahini paste and poppy seeds and make a smooth paste. Keep it aside for now.

To prepare Curry

* In the same pan, heat oil. Temper mustard seeds and then add the whole spices like bay leaf, cloves, and cinnamon. Fry for a minute.

* Next, add minced garlic, ginger paste, and part of cilantro. Fry for 2 minutes.

* Then add the ground paste and saute for 3-4 minutes, or till the raw smell goes.

* Now, add turmeric powder and chilly powder along with salt. Mix and bring to a boil.

* Lastly, add the fried tendli to the pan, mix, and cook for 5-6 minutes on medium flame or till the tendli is well-cooked.