bitter gourd recipe

Kakarakaya Koora or bittergourd curry

Ingredients:

Bitter Gourd – 450gms

Cumin Seeds –1.5tsps

Red Chilies – 4

Oil for frying

Bengal Gram Flour – 1.5 Cup

Salt To Taste

Curry Leaves – Few

Dry Mango Powder –2tsps

Turmeric Powder – 1/4tsp

Procedure:

With fresh water wash the bitter gourds.  Cut all bitter gourds vertically.  To remove the seeds, keep aside the bitter gourds.  Discard the seeds and then chop them.  Make red chilies into pieces by cutting with a knife.  Heat the pan and pore oil in it and then dry the roast for few seconds.  Now mix chilly pieces and roast.  Now mix roast and curry leaves until dry.  Now, add flour, Bengal gram and then fry.  Now add salt, turmeric, to the mixture and grind to powder.  With well mixing, add mango.  Take this powder in a vessel and add chopped seeds (bitter gourd).

To fry bitter gourds, heat the pan, add oil.  After getting oil hot, add kakarakaya (bitter gourd) pieces and fry for 5 minutes.  Drain them and put aside.  By this, we make bitter gourds half cooked.  Less oil will be observed when bitter gourd get cooked this way.

Heat the pan and add 1.5 tsps of oil.  After oil gets hot, drop the rest of the bitter gourds and cover the pan and cook.  When bitter gourds get cooked, take out the cover and fry until crisp.  Bitter gourd changes to brown when they cooked properly.  Now, take them in a clean bowl and serve and enjoy the recipe with friends and along with your family.

This bitter gourd recipe is also known as karela recipe, pakarkay recipe, bitter melon recipe.