Pavakkai Fry/ Bitter Gourd Stir Fry
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Recipe type: Side dish
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • Bitter gourd - 2 cups, thinly sliced into circles
  • Salt - 1 tbsp for marination
  • Curd - ½ cup
  • Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
  • Onion - ½ cup, thinly sliced
  • Sambhar powder - 1 tbsp
  • Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds - ¾ tbsp
  • Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1 tsp
  • Urad dal - 2 tsp
  • Curry leaves - 5
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. Wash bitter gourd and thinly slice them into circles. Discard any seeds. Soak the bitter gourd in curd, turmeric and 1 tbsp of salt for 20 minutes.
  2. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, add mustard, after it crackles, add urad dal and jeera. Add sliced onion and fry till golden brown, make sure not to burn the onion.
  3. Take the bitter gourd squeezed out from curd mixture.
  4. Add the bitter gourd to the pan which has the onion frying. Add sambhar powder, chilli powder, and little more salt, mix well and keep the flame in medium. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of water and cook for 5 minutes.
  5. Add 1 tbsp of oil and 1 tsp of sugar and keep frying until the bitter gourd turns into nice deep brown in color. Switch off the flame.
Notes
1. Adding sugar makes it caramelize and turns it crispy.
2. Sour curd and turmeric takes out the bitterness.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/pavakkai-fry-bitter-gourd-stir-fry/