- Fry red chillies in 1 tablespoon oil along with urad dal. Add cumin. Urad daal turns into brownish, remove from the stove and keep aside. Fry garlic pieces with the remaining oil till garlic turn light brown. Grind chillies along with urad daal,cumin and salt. When it becomes powdered, add garlic and tamarind and grind again. It looks like a paste. Cut the bitter gourd and deep fry and keep aside. Now add the above chillie paste to bitter guards mix them well and serve with hot rice.