Bitter gourd 65

Most of you out there would have bitter gourd in your hate list. I was one among you until I tasted some delicious dishes made with them.

My mom is an expert at dressing up such not so impressive vegetables beautifully into very attractive dishes. One such is this bitter gourd 65 :) The bitter gourd ofcourse does not lose its quality of being bitter, but the other masala factors over play the bitterness and make the dish pretty enjoyable :)

Checkout one more such dressed up dish here - Alligator fry.

Ingredients:

Bitter gourd - 5

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Tamarind paste - 2 tblsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Maida - 1/2 cup

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Oil - for frying

Salt - for taste

Green chillies - 2

Curry leaves - 10

Curd - 1 cup

Red food color - a pinch

Salt - for taste

Method:

Slice the bitter gourd into 1/2 inch slices and remove the seeds.

Boil the bitter gourd pieces in water for 5 mins and drain it. Do this twice to remove some bitterness.

Now take the tamarind paste, salt, chilly powder and turmeric powder in a pan and add 2 cups of water to it. Now add the bitter gourd pieces to this and cook for 10 mins in low flame. Drain the water and keep the pieces aside.

In a bowl mix maida, chilly powder, salt, garam masala, ginger garlic paste and some water to make a batter. The batter should be in bajji batter consistency. Dip the bitter gourd pieces in this batter and deep fry in hot oil until roasted on all sides.

For the sauce - Take a tsp of oil in a pan and drop in the curry leaves and split chillies. Simmer the stove and add beaten curd, red food color and salt to it and mix well. Now add the deep fried bitter gourd to this curd mixture and mix until well coated.

Sprinkle some coriander leaves and serve :)

Eat it as it is or serve with creamy curd rice :)

Written by: Nithya
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