Bharwa karela

#myrecipe
By Shaalini Shaalu

Jan, 14th

562

Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
12 - 14

Ingredients

  • Bitter gourd
  • Coconut
  • Pepper
  • Chana dal
  • Red chilli
  • Chana dal
  • Urad dal
  • Curry leaves
  • Sesame
  • Turmeric powder
  • Salt
  • Jaggery
  • Tamarind pulp
  • Oil

Instructions

  • Dry roast fresh grated coconut and keep it aside once it changes the colour to golden brown. Then in the same pan add pepper corns, chana dal, red chillies to dry roast them on slow flame. Now add roasted chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves, sesame seeds, turmeric to roast them also. Once the colour changes blend them into fine powder then add salt, coconut powder, jaggery, tamarind pulp and mix it well to make a dough. Stuff this mixture in the bitter melon and add some oil in the pan to pan fry the bitter melon’s. Cook them for 20-25 mins on slow flame. Once they are cooked from all the sides sprinkle some salt and red chilly on it. Mix it slowly and cook with lid on it then switch off the flame.