Kanchala Ghassi

Ingredients

• • Bitter gourd - ¼ kg
• • Tamarind - lemon size
• • Jaggery - a little
• • Oil - 1 tablespoon
• • Garlic - 3 flakes
• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Curry leaves - few
• • Red chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 2 tablespoons

Method

• 1. Slice bitter gourd into thin round pieces.
• 2. Sprinkle little salt and keep aside for ½ an hour.
• 3. Squeeze out the oozed water from bitter gourd pieces. (This procedure removes the bitterness from bitter gourd)
• 4. Soak tamarind in one cup of water and squeeze to get extract from it.
• 5. Cook bitter gourd pieces in tamarind extract with turmeric powder and salt.
• 6. When it becomes soft add salt and jaggery.
• 7. Heat oil and fry mustard seeds, crushed garlic, curry leaves.
• 8. Add chilly powder in that oil itself and pour over bitter gourd gravy.
• 9. Cook for few more minutes.
• 10. Add grated fresh coconut just before removing from fire.