Bitter Gourd Curry
Bitter Gourd Curry

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, bitter gourd curry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Bitter Gourd Curry is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Bitter Gourd Curry is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have bitter gourd curry using 24 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Bitter Gourd Curry:
  1. Prepare Dry Roast and Grind (Spice Powder)
  2. Prepare 2-3 tbsps Peanuts
  3. Prepare 2 tbsps Sesame Seeds
  4. Make ready 1 tsp Chana Dal
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Urad Dal
  6. Take 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  7. Get 1 tsp Coriander Seeds
  8. Make ready 1/4 tsp Methi Seeds
  9. Prepare 6 Dried Red Chillies
  10. Make ready Other Ingredients:
  11. Prepare 2 Bitter Gourds
  12. Take 3 tbsps Oil
  13. Make ready 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  14. Get 1 tsp Urad Dal
  15. Take 1 tsp Chana Dal
  16. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  17. Prepare Pinch Asafoetida
  18. Prepare 3 Dried Red Chillies
  19. Make ready 1 Onion (Chopped)
  20. Make ready 2 tsps Ginger Garlic Paste
  21. Take 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  22. Get 1 tsp Salt
  23. Take 1 tbsp Tamarind Paste or 1 cup Tamarind Extract
  24. Take 1 Cube Jaggery or 1 tbsp Jaggery

When prepared properly, bitter gourd makes a tasty nutritious meal. The bitter gourd is easy to prepare and quite healthy, especially for diabetics. Bitter gourd curry or 'Pavakkai Kulambu' (in Tamil) is one of the well-known dishes in Sri Lanka. You can prepare bitter gourd curry in different ways, but this method is one of the easiest ways to make bitter gourd curry for rice.

Steps to make Bitter Gourd Curry:
  1. Firstly, Wash the bitter gourds nicely. Cut into thick round slices. Remove the seeds. Add it to a bowl. Add salt. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes. This reduces the bitterness of the bitter gourd and absorbs the salt. If you like the bitter taste then you may skip this step.
  2. Keep all the ingredients ready for dry roasting.
  3. Take a pan and dry roast all the ingredients mentioned under "Roast and Grind". Roast on low flame until it turns aromatic.
  4. Remove the skin of the peanuts.
  5. Allow the roasted ingredients to cool completely.
  6. Transfer the cooled roasted ingredients to a blender and blend into a fine powder and set aside.
  7. After 30 minutes of resting, squeeze off the bitter gourd juice so that it's bitterness is reduced.
  8. Heat oil in a pan. Add the bittergourd slices and fry it till light golden and crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
  9. In the same pan, heat some more oil, if needed. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add urad dal, chana dal, cumin seeds, asafoetida and dried red chillies and allow it to splutter.
  10. Add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute it well.
  11. Add in the fried bitter gourd slices, turmeric powder and salt and saute it well.
  12. Now add in the prepared roasted masala powder and saute it lightly.
  13. Add in the strained jaggery water and tamarind paste and mix well. Adjust the consistency as required.
  14. Cover and boil until oil separates and is seen at the surface of the gravy. You can garnish with coriander leaves for additional flavor.
  15. Bitter Gourd Curry is ready. Serve it with hot steamed rice or roti and bitter gourd fry.

Stir in bitter melon pieces, potatoes and stir to coat. Add coconut milk, water, thyme, bring to a boil. Stir in sea salt and remove from heat. Bitter Melon Potato Curry is delicious served alone, with a Tomato Cucumber Salad, Turmeric Coconut Rice or Quinoa. Bitter melon, or bitter gourd, is not only known for its sharp flavor and distinct appearance but may also have positive effects on health.

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