Kakarakaya Karam (Spicy bitter gourd)

Name: Kakarakaya Karam (Spicy bitter gourd)
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2-cup
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup bitter gourd slices; 1 cup nallakaram; 50 gms tamarind; 1 tspn turmeric; to taste salt; as required oil

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

Kakarakaya Karam (Spicy bitter gourd)

Divya Swapna B R @cook_7838056

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Ingredients

20 mins

2-cup

1 cupbitter gourd slices
1 cupnallakaram
50 gmstamarind
1 tspnturmeric
to tastesalt
as requiredoil

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Steps

20 mins

1

In a Bowl add the bitter gourd slices, turmeric and salt. Mix it well.
2

Allow it to rest for at least 15-20 minutes.
3

Soak tamarind in a cup of water.
4

Meanwhile make the nallakaram podi.
5

After 20 minutes squeeze excess water from the bitter gourd slices.
6

Extract the pulp from tamarind and add it to the bitter gourd slices, let it boil until the tamarind extract gets absorbed completely.
7

In a frying pan add required oil for shallow frying of the bitter gourd slices and fry it till crisp in medium high flame.
8

Add nallakaram and stir it well.
9

After cooling preserve it in a container.