Jaggery Bitter Gourd
Jaggery Bitter Gourd

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, jaggery bitter gourd. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Jaggery Bitter Gourd is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Jaggery Bitter Gourd is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

Try to pick medium size bitter gourds and precook them in buttermilk ,salt and tamarind. Make a paste of jeera ,Onions and garlic and add to bitter gourd. Did you know that bitter gourd or karela is not a really vegetable but a fruit?

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jaggery bitter gourd using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Jaggery Bitter Gourd:
  1. Make ready 3 cups Bitter gourd pieces
  2. Take to taste Salt
  3. Take 2-3 Tbsp oil
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
  6. Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  7. Get 2 tbsp chopped coriander
  8. Make ready 3 tbsp Sesame seeds
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander powder
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
  11. Get 1 tsp Red chilli powder
  12. Take 2 tbsp Jaggery
  13. Get 1/2 tsp Amchur powder

Add the ground paste, tamarind juice, jaggery and salt. Adding jaggery, sauting bitter gourd in oil before cooking or soaking bittergourd in curd for sometime helps to reduce the bitterness. But we like to have it as such as the bitter taste is healthy for stomach. Palm jaggery is known for its health benefits and is supposed to be more healthy than cane jaggery.

Instructions to make Jaggery Bitter Gourd:
  1. Scrape the rough skin of the bitter gourd and remove the seeds.
  2. Cut them into rings.
  3. Mix 1 tsp salt to the bitter gourd pieces and set aside for at least 15 minutes.
  4. After 15 minutes, squeeze out the excess liquid.
  5. Heat oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat and add cumin seeds.
  6. When the seeds crackle, add the asafoetida, turmeric powder and saute on a medium heat for 30 seconds.
  7. Add the squeezed bitter gourd pieces and mix well.
  8. Cover with a lid and cook on low heat for 8 to 10 minutes check it.
  9. Cover with a lid and cook over medium heat for another 10 minutes.
  10. Add chopped coriander sesame seeds.
  11. Add the coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, sugar and dried mango powder.
  12. Mix well and cook over medium heat for another 3 to 4 minutes.
  13. Serve hot garnished with coriander.

A lot of Mangalorean recipes call for the palm jaggery, especially the post natal ones. In Udupi bitter gourd is called as "Kanchal" and today it's bitter gourd palya that got chance to get posted Ingredients. I have mentioned that under tips. I just stay away from jaggery. Bitter gourds are very low in calories but dense with precious nutrients.

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