Скачать или смотреть Bitter Gourd Menaskai - Bitter Gourd Curry - Karela Curry

Bitter Gourd Curry - Prepare this traditional Manglorean dish and you will start loving the taste of Bitter Gourd!

Approx. preparation & cooking time: 20 mins
Serves 4 persons

List of ingredients:
1. Bitter Gourd - 2 nos.
2. Jaggery powder - 1 and 1/2 cups
3. Tamarind juice - 1 large cup
4. Salt - 2 teaspoons
5. Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
6. Methi seeds - 1 teaspoon
7. Red chillies (Byadagi) - 4
8. Curry leaves - 1 handful
9. Grated coconut - 1 large cup
10. Roasted white/black sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon
11. Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
12. Cooking oil - 2 tablespoons

Method of preparation:
1. Cut bitter gourd into two halves, remove the seeds and cut them into smaller pieces. Transfer them into a large vessel.
2. Add 1 and 1/2 cups jaggery powder, 1 large cup tamarind juice and cover with a lid. Cook on low flame while stirring occasionally, until the cut pieces are nicely cooked.
3. Take a wok/frying pan, add 1 teaspoon methi seeds and dry roast until they turn aromatic. Once they are done, transfer them into a small bowl.
4. Into the same wok, add 1 tablespoon oil, then add 2 teaspoons urad dal and fry until aromatic.
5. Next, add a handful of curry leaves, 4 red chillies and continue frying on low flame.
6. Then, add 1 large cup grated coconut, 1 teaspoon roasted (dry roast) sesame seeds and fry one last time, before turning off the heat. Allow the mixture to cool down for sometime.
7. Add Roasted methi seeds and the mixture into the mixer jar and grind to make a smooth paste, adding little water whenever required.
8. Next, add the ground paste to the cooked bitter gourd pieces and mix well, while cooking on low flame.
9. Add 2 teaspoons salt (can vary as per taste and quantity) and continue mixing and cooking.
10. For the seasoning, take a small wok/frying pan, add 1 tablespoon oil, 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, a handful of curry leaves and fry until the seeds start to splutter.
11. Add the seasoning to the prepared dish and mix well before turning off the heat.
12. Enjoy tasty, bitter-sweet Menaskai with cooked rice.

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