Bitter gourd sweet dry curry (pakkarkai inippu poriyal) - Preparation time 15 mins
My dad like sweet bitter gourd curry so mom used to make bitter gourd as below. It will surely taste different i.e bitter, sweet, spicy. Goes well with rasam rice. I like to eat this curry even without rice so i used to finish this before I start my lunch :-).
Ingredients:-
Bitter gourd - chopped 1 cup
Red Chili powder or Sambar powder - 2 tsp or according to your spice level
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1 tbsp or 2 as per you taste
Water - to cook bitter gourd
Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Preparation method:-
In a vessel add water, turmeric, sambar powder (if you are using red chili powder you can add while you garnish and fry the bitter gourd), salt and boil. Add chopped bitter gourd and cook till the vegetable is tender. (Add only required amount of water).
In a tawa heat sesame oil, mustard to splutter, urad dhal should be brown. Now add cooked bitter gourd and fry till the excess water evaporates.
Add the sugar and sortae. The sugar will be coated evenly. Dry curry will be bitter only. Additionally you feel the spicy & sweet taste.
Note : Dark green coloured bitter gourd will be very bitter. You can wash the cut bitter gourd pieces using rice washed water (arisi kazhuviaya thaneer). You can cut bitter gourd into two and place the cut portion in the clean floor. These are some methods people used to follow to remove the bitterness. Anyway these things wont help much it is good to take the curry by enjoying and loving the bitterness of the vegetable.
My dad like sweet bitter gourd curry so mom used to make bitter gourd as below. It will surely taste different i.e bitter, sweet, spicy. Goes well with rasam rice. I like to eat this curry even without rice so i used to finish this before I start my lunch :-).
Ingredients:-
Bitter gourd - chopped 1 cup
Red Chili powder or Sambar powder - 2 tsp or according to your spice level
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1 tbsp or 2 as per you taste
Water - to cook bitter gourd
Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Urad dhal - 1 tsp
Preparation method:-
In a vessel add water, turmeric, sambar powder (if you are using red chili powder you can add while you garnish and fry the bitter gourd), salt and boil. Add chopped bitter gourd and cook till the vegetable is tender. (Add only required amount of water).
In a tawa heat sesame oil, mustard to splutter, urad dhal should be brown. Now add cooked bitter gourd and fry till the excess water evaporates.
Add the sugar and sortae. The sugar will be coated evenly. Dry curry will be bitter only. Additionally you feel the spicy & sweet taste.
Note : Dark green coloured bitter gourd will be very bitter. You can wash the cut bitter gourd pieces using rice washed water (arisi kazhuviaya thaneer). You can cut bitter gourd into two and place the cut portion in the clean floor. These are some methods people used to follow to remove the bitterness. Anyway these things wont help much it is good to take the curry by enjoying and loving the bitterness of the vegetable.
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