Bitter Gourd Curry
Bitter Gourd Curry

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bitter gourd curry using 24 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Bitter Gourd Curry:
  1. Make ready Dry Roast and Grind (Spice Powder)
  2. Get 2-3 tbsps Peanuts
  3. Prepare 2 tbsps Sesame Seeds
  4. Make ready 1 tsp Chana Dal
  5. Get 1 tsp Urad Dal
  6. Prepare 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  7. Prepare 1 tsp Coriander Seeds
  8. Take 1/4 tsp Methi Seeds
  9. Get 6 Dried Red Chillies
  10. Make ready Other Ingredients:
  11. Take 2 Bitter Gourds
  12. Make ready 3 tbsps Oil
  13. Prepare 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  14. Take 1 tsp Urad Dal
  15. Prepare 1 tsp Chana Dal
  16. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  17. Make ready Pinch Asafoetida
  18. Prepare 3 Dried Red Chillies
  19. Make ready 1 Onion (Chopped)
  20. Take 2 tsps Ginger Garlic Paste
  21. Prepare 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  22. Get 1 tsp Salt
  23. Prepare 1 tbsp Tamarind Paste or 1 cup Tamarind Extract
  24. Take 1 Cube Jaggery or 1 tbsp Jaggery
Steps to make Bitter Gourd Curry:
  1. Firstly, Wash the bitter gourds nicely. Cut into thick round slices. Remove the seeds. Add it to a bowl. Add salt. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes. This reduces the bitterness of the bitter gourd and absorbs the salt. If you like the bitter taste then you may skip this step.
  2. Keep all the ingredients ready for dry roasting.
  3. Take a pan and dry roast all the ingredients mentioned under "Roast and Grind". Roast on low flame until it turns aromatic.
  4. Remove the skin of the peanuts.
  5. Allow the roasted ingredients to cool completely.
  6. Transfer the cooled roasted ingredients to a blender and blend into a fine powder and set aside.
  7. After 30 minutes of resting, squeeze off the bitter gourd juice so that it's bitterness is reduced.
  8. Heat oil in a pan. Add the bittergourd slices and fry it till light golden and crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
  9. In the same pan, heat some more oil, if needed. Add mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Add urad dal, chana dal, cumin seeds, asafoetida and dried red chillies and allow it to splutter.
  10. Add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute it well.
  11. Add in the fried bitter gourd slices, turmeric powder and salt and saute it well.
  12. Now add in the prepared roasted masala powder and saute it lightly.
  13. Add in the strained jaggery water and tamarind paste and mix well. Adjust the consistency as required.
  14. Cover and boil until oil separates and is seen at the surface of the gravy. You can garnish with coriander leaves for additional flavor.
  15. Bitter Gourd Curry is ready. Serve it with hot steamed rice or roti and bitter gourd fry.

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