I think most of them don't like this vegetable due to its bitterness. But if you follow my recipe, you become a big fan of it.
Taking bitter gourd at least once a week or once a month is recommended because of its Nutrition Values.
Today I prepared this dish using small onions and sesame seeds. Both combinations help to reduce bitterness and give a very rich taste to the dish.
Ingredients
Bitter gourd: 500 grams
Small onions: 100 grams
Tomato: 1
Tamarind pulp: 10 grams
Dhaniya powder: 1 tablespoon
Chilli powder: 2 tablespoon
Sesame Seeds : 3 Tablespoon
Jaggery: 1 tablespoon
Salt: As required
Turmeric Powder:1/4 Tea Spoon
Oil: 100 grams
Mustered Seeds: 1 Tea Spoon
Curry leaves: 6 number
Preparation
- First chop Bitter gourd into a slices. If it's having hard seeds remove them, otherwise prepare a dish along with it.
- Now soak those on add salt, leave it up for 30 minutes to 1 hour. It helps to reduce its bitterness.
- In the meantime, heat a pan, then add sesame seeds to it. Dry fry until we get good fragrance in low flame.
- Now transfer those into a plate, after cool down makes a fine powder. Then keep aside.
- Now again heat a pan on adding oil. For this dish, we add a little more oil, because it gives some rich taste to the dish.
- Now add Mustard seeds, curry leaves one by one.
- Now add sliced bitter gourd on pressing those with hands. It releases water, those thrown away. But in general, we can drink those, it's very healthy.
- Now on closing lid fry those until they cook into half smooth.
- In this stage add turmeric powder and small onions to it. Now mix well. Again closing the lid, cook another 5 to 7 minutes. In the middle mix those well. And keep flame in medium.
- Now add sliced tomatoes to it. Mix well.
- Now add Tamarind pulp, Dhaniya powder, chilli powder, need salt along with required water. Now again cook another 5 more minutes.
- Finally, add sesame powder to it, mix well. Now cook another 1 or 2 minutes. Along with Jangeery.
- Now check its taste, if any needed add, them adjust curry consistency on adding water.
Now it's ready to serve.
It is a good combination with Hot Rice and Ghee.
Must try all of you, Hope all of us enjoy its taste.
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