Also known as Ivy Gourd, Tindora is a favourite ingredient for vegetarian recipes. It is primarily grown in India’s southern part where it is mostly included in its local cuisines. Tindora recipes include Dondakaya Vepudu (Tindora fry), and Tindora Sabzi.

Red onions are cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa) with purplish-red skin and white flesh tinged with red. These onions tend to be medium to large in size and have a mild to sweet flavor. They are often consumed raw, grilled or lightly cooked with other foods, or added as a decoration to salads. They tend to lose their colour when cooked. Red onions are available throughout the year. Red onions are high in flavonoids.

Raw mangoes are firm and can be oval or slightly kidney bean-shaped, depending on the variety. The mangoes aren’t fully developed, so the seed is small and thin and the firm flesh is crisp. The flavor is sharply sour and can be slightly bitter due to concentrations of oxalic, citric and other types of acids that aren’t present in a ripe mango. The skin of some varieties of raw mango contains oils that can be irritating to those who have sensitivity to poison ivy or oak, which is a distant relative of the mango.