Stuffed Karela/ Bittergourd

Name: Stuffed Karela/ Bittergourd
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 7-8 bitter gourd (karela); 1 cup chickpeas flour or besan; 1 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tbsp red chilli powder; 1 tbsp coriander powder; 1 tbsp salt,; 1 tsp sugar; 1 onion cut; Handful coriander leaves; 1 lemon juice

Supriya Shenoy @Minoshkaa2021

Mumbai, India

Stuffed Karela/ Bittergourd

Supriya Shenoy @Minoshkaa2021

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Ingredients

1 hr

4 servings

7-8bitter gourd (karela)
1 cupchickpeas flour or besan
1 tspTurmeric powder
1 tbspred chilli powder
1 tbspcoriander powder
1 tbspsalt,
1 tsp sugar
1onion cut
Handfulcoriander leaves
1lemon juice

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Steps

1 hr

1

Take the bittergourd and scrape the outside cover. Remove the seeds from inside and give a lengthwise slit, but not in 2 parts
2

Take the chickpeas flour add it to the powders, salt, sugar, onion coriander leaves, a tbsp of mustard oil and squeeze a lemon.
3

Mix it thorough to a semi-thick consistency.
4

Stuff the bittergourd with the stuffing.
5

Take a wok or kadai add to it 2 tbsp of mustard oil. Heat it and get it to the smoking point.
6

To this oil add the stuffed bittergourds. Cover the wok for 8 to 9 minutes. Remove the cover and check whether the bittergourds are getting shallow fried
7

Then turn the bittergourds to the other side. Again cover them for 8 - 9 minutes.
8

Then slowly remove the cover and toss the bittergourd sideways. If they are cooked properly they will not stick to the wok.
9

After checking for the desired result. Remove and serve them.
10

They go very well with a meal of simple dal, rice.

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Supriya Shenoy @Minoshkaa2021

on November 09, 2020 07:44

Mumbai, India

My love for cooking has developed rather late. Functional cooking was comfortable but slowly after my children have grown up and started becoming foodies and my hubby too and especially during this lockdown have started cooking and enjoying the process too.