Bitter gourd is used in making lot of Indian cuisines. It has lot of nutrients in it and prepared as side dish as fry or gravy or in stuffed form. This recipe is a dry dish which can be used with sambar rice or curd rice.
Bitter gourd is usually bitter and we would remove some of the juices with salt turmeric marination. You can also wash it to remove the bitterness further.
Ingredients:
1. Squeeze the juice off the marinated bitter gourd and keep aside
2. In a flat pan / kadai heat oil and add cumin seeds, urad dal. Wait till they splutter.
3. Add curry leaves, green chili, turmeric saute for 30 sec.
4. Add in the onion and salt, saute for a minute
5. Add ginger garlic paste, continue sauteing for couple of min.
6. Now add bitter gourd , mix well saute for 2 min
7. Add rest of the masala powder, mix well. Cover and cook for 5 min
8. Check for seasoning and adjust as needed. Continue to cook for another 5 min or so without cover. Stir in between.
9. As the last step add sugar as required and saute, in lowest heat. Cook till the veg turns light brown. Turn off the heat.
10. Serve with rice. Tastes divine with curd rice or simple sambar rice.
Note:
- Cook this dish in medium to low heat throughout
- As this is a dry dish, I didn't use any water or jaggery
- If you need you may sprinkle little tamarind & Jaggery juice, remember this is a dry dish.
Bitter gourd is usually bitter and we would remove some of the juices with salt turmeric marination. You can also wash it to remove the bitterness further.
Ingredients:
- Bitter Gourd - 1 ; slice , deseed and marinate with little salt and turmeric
- Cumin seeds - 1 t.spn
- Urad dal - 1 t.spn
- Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
- green chili - 2 slit
- Onion - 1 large , sliced
- ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
- turmeric - 1/2 tspn
- Red chili powder - 1 tb.spn
- Coriander powder - 1.tspn
- Sugar - 1 - 2 tbspn
- Oil for frying
- Salt to taste
1. Squeeze the juice off the marinated bitter gourd and keep aside
2. In a flat pan / kadai heat oil and add cumin seeds, urad dal. Wait till they splutter.
3. Add curry leaves, green chili, turmeric saute for 30 sec.
4. Add in the onion and salt, saute for a minute
5. Add ginger garlic paste, continue sauteing for couple of min.
6. Now add bitter gourd , mix well saute for 2 min
7. Add rest of the masala powder, mix well. Cover and cook for 5 min
8. Check for seasoning and adjust as needed. Continue to cook for another 5 min or so without cover. Stir in between.
9. As the last step add sugar as required and saute, in lowest heat. Cook till the veg turns light brown. Turn off the heat.
10. Serve with rice. Tastes divine with curd rice or simple sambar rice.
Note:
- Cook this dish in medium to low heat throughout
- As this is a dry dish, I didn't use any water or jaggery
- If you need you may sprinkle little tamarind & Jaggery juice, remember this is a dry dish.
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