Karela or bitter gourd is my favourite
vegetable. Karela dishes range from a simpl fry to stuffed karela. Eventhough,
there are not very fans for this vegetable because of its bitterness, stuffed
karela is a must try item as it’s bitterness is comparatively low.
Basic info about the recipe
Cuisine -
North Indian
Serves -
2 people
Ingredients:
1. Bitter
gourd(small) - 2 nos
2. Onion - 1 medium
3. Tomato - 1 medium
4. Potato(boiled) - 1 no:
5. Turmeric
powder - ½ tsp
6. Redchilli
powder - 1 tsp
for stuffing and ½ for batter
7. Coriander
powder - 2 tsp
8. Pepper
powder - ½ tsp
9. Cumin
powder - 1 tsp
10.
Salt -
to taste
11.
Oil -
for frying
12.
Lemon juice -
half a lemon
13.
Besan -
2 tbsp
14.
Method: Peel the skin of the bitter gourd.
Apply salt and lemon juice and leave for half an hour. Squeeze the water that
has come out and wash in running water. This will reduce the bitterness.
Heat a tsp of oil in a pan and add onions and
fry till golden brown.
Add tomato and fry till soft.
Add all the powders and potato and fry till
done.
Let it cool for 10 mts.
Stuff this to the karela.
Make a batter with besan, red chilli powder
and salt and spread it on top of the
karela.
Heat oil in a pan and fry the karelas till
golden brown.
Stuffed karela is now ready to be served with
rice or roti.
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