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Bittergourd Curry
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Ingredients
•
Bitter gourd
- ¼ kg
•
Onions
- 2
•
Tamarind
- small lemon size
•
Turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon
•
Salt
- as required
•
Jaggery/Sugar
- as required
•
Oil (for frying)
- as required
Ingredients For Frying In Oil And Then Grinding Together
•
Bengal gram dal
- 1 ½ tablespoons
•
Red chillies
- 10
•
Garlic
- 3 flakes
•
Onions (small, peeled)
- 3
•
Coconut (dry, grated)
- 2 tablespoons
Method
1.
Chop
onions
finely and
bitter gourd
into ½ inch pieces.
2.
Soak
bitter gourd
pieces in the
water
in which rice is washed, for half an hour. (This removes bitterness from
gourd
)
3.
Wash
well and
cook
in thin
tamarind
water
with little
turmeric
and
salt
.
4. When
gourd
is soft to touch
drain
water
completely.
5.
Heat
little
oil
and
fry
bengal gram
,
red chillies
,
coconut
.
6.
Add
garlic
,
onion
at the end and
fry
for a minute.
Grind
to smooth
paste
, with little
water
.
7.
Heat
oil
in a deep
frying
pan and
fry
chopped
onions
and
bitter gourd
together in medium flame for a longtime
stirring
constantly till
gourd
changes its colour.
8.
Add
ground paste
,
jaggery
,
salt
.
9.
Fry
well and
remove
from fire.
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