Name: Bitter Gourd Special
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 500 g Bitter Gourd (Pavakka); 100 g Tamarind; 100 g Jaggery (Sharkara); 10 nos Garlic bulbs; 1 cup Onions(chopped0 (chopped0); 1 tsp Red chilly powder; 3 nos Green chillies (finely chopped); 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds; 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); Refined oil (As reqd); Salt : As required; 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

Bitter Gourd Special

Sweet & sour bitter gourd

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

500 g Bitter Gourd Pavakka
100 g Tamarind
100 g Jaggery Sharkara
10 nos Garlic bulbs
1 cup Onions(chopped0 chopped0
1 tsp Red chilly powder
3 nos Green chillies finely chopped
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
Refined oil As reqd
Salt : As required
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

Instructions

Cut the bitter gourd into some what thin round slices. Extract pulp from tamarind and keep aside.
Take a deep bottomed frying pan, add oil and heat. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic bulbs and onion pieces and fry until onions turn deep brown.
Add the bitter gourd pieces, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, chopped green chillies and stir fry for 5 minutes. Now add the tamarind pulp and powdered jaggery and water. Add salt, put a lid on the pan and allow to simmer until the bitter gourd pieces are cooked well.
Remove the lid and cook for some more time until the preparation becomes slightly thick.
Serve hot with rice