Bitter Gourd Dry Shrimp Gravy

Name: Bitter Gourd Dry Shrimp Gravy
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cup sliced Bitter Gourd (remove seed); 2 tbsp whole Dry Shrimp; 1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste; 1 Red Onion (slice); 1 spring Curry Leaves; 2 Bird's Eye Chilli (slit); 1/2 cup Tamarind extract; 2 tbsp Fish Curry powder; 1.5 cup Water; 2 tbsp Oil; as per taste Salt

Inthumathy Perumal @Inthu86

This recipe is originated from my mother. It's delicious to eat with plain white rice.

Inthumathy Perumal @Inthu86

This recipe is originated from my mother. It's delicious to eat with plain white rice.

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Ingredients

25 mins

4 people

2 cupsliced Bitter Gourd (remove seed)
2 tbspwhole Dry Shrimp
1 tbspginger & garlic paste
1Red Onion (slice)
1spring Curry Leaves
2Bird's Eye Chilli (slit)
1/2 cupTamarind extract
2 tbspFish Curry powder
1.5 cupWater
2 tbspOil
as per tasteSalt

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Steps

25 mins

1

Wash the dry shrimp and set aside. Mix the bitter gourd with salt, allow to rest for 20 mins. This helps to reduce the bitterness of bitter gourd.
2

After 20 mins rinse and strain the bitter gourd. Set aside.
3

Heat oil in a pan. Add onion and saute well.
4

Once onion turn translucent add Bird's Eye Chilli and ginger garlic past saute until the raw smell disappear.
5

Add dry shrimp and curry leaves, saute until fragrant.
6

Add bitter gourd and saute for 3 mins.
7

Once bitter gourd get soften add curry powder and mix well. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook until oil breaks.
8

Add tamarind extract, balance 1 cup water and salt. Mix well and cook for 10 mins or until the curry thickened.