This is a dish that has all tastes - the bitter, the sour, the sweet with salt to taste! If you do not like the bitter taste of the vegetable, this is ideal since the sweet kind of camouflages the bitterness.. not totally, but most of it.
This recipe is from Sailu's Kitchen.
Ingredients:
Bitter Gourd - 1 large / 2 medium
Onion - 1 large chopped
Green chilies - 2- slit along the length
Garlic - 2-3 nos - chop
Ginger - 1/2 "
Tamarind paste - 2 tbsp - dissolve in water and keep ready
Grated Jaggery or sugar - 2-3 tbsp -
( preferable to use jaggery and use less of tamarind and jaggery initially - you can always add more)
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves for garnish
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilie powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 2-3 tbsp may be required
Wash the bitter gourd. Scrape the skin if you wish ( optional)
Cut lengthwise and de-seed and then cut into one inch pieces
Put in a vessel with water and a little salt and place on heat - till veg pieces are half cooked
Drain the water and keep ready.
In a pan, take about a tbsp of oil.
Fry the bitter gourd pieces for about 5 minutes. Keep aside.
In the same pan add the onion, garlic and ginger and Sauté till the onions are translucent
Grind to a coarse paste
Heat oil in the pan once again
Add the curry leaves and the green chilies. Sauté
Add the coarsely ground paste. Sauté again
Then add the powders and the jaggery
And now the bitter gourd pieces and the tamarind sauce and required amount of salt.
Taste and adjust the tamarind, jaggery and salt.
Simmer for a while
Take off fire. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Ideally eaten with rice to which ghee is added and spoonful of mudda pappu ( plain cooked roasted red gram dal which has been seasoned with salt) and maybe a few crispies
Tips:
Do keep the bitter gourd cooked just enough - there should be a bite left - do not overcook
The finished product should be fairly thick - so the sauce needs to be simmered till then and only after it is achieved, add the bitter gourd, combine.
This recipe is from Sailu's Kitchen.
Bitter Gourd - 1 large / 2 medium
Onion - 1 large chopped
Green chilies - 2- slit along the length
Garlic - 2-3 nos - chop
Ginger - 1/2 "
Tamarind paste - 2 tbsp - dissolve in water and keep ready
Grated Jaggery or sugar - 2-3 tbsp -
( preferable to use jaggery and use less of tamarind and jaggery initially - you can always add more)
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves for garnish
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilie powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 2-3 tbsp may be required
Wash the bitter gourd. Scrape the skin if you wish ( optional)
Cut lengthwise and de-seed and then cut into one inch pieces
Put in a vessel with water and a little salt and place on heat - till veg pieces are half cooked
Drain the water and keep ready.
In a pan, take about a tbsp of oil.
Fry the bitter gourd pieces for about 5 minutes. Keep aside.
In the same pan add the onion, garlic and ginger and Sauté till the onions are translucent
Grind to a coarse paste
Heat oil in the pan once again
Add the curry leaves and the green chilies. Sauté
Add the coarsely ground paste. Sauté again
Then add the powders and the jaggery
And now the bitter gourd pieces and the tamarind sauce and required amount of salt.
Taste and adjust the tamarind, jaggery and salt.
Simmer for a while
Take off fire. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Ideally eaten with rice to which ghee is added and spoonful of mudda pappu ( plain cooked roasted red gram dal which has been seasoned with salt) and maybe a few crispies
Tips:
Do keep the bitter gourd cooked just enough - there should be a bite left - do not overcook
The finished product should be fairly thick - so the sauce needs to be simmered till then and only after it is achieved, add the bitter gourd, combine.
