This is my entry to pooja's VoW-Bittergourd
INGREDIENTS
Bittergourd- 1 cup,thinly sliced to 1/2" pieces
red chillies -15 nos
water -1 1/2 cup
tamarind paste- 2 tsp
asafoetida- 1 tsp
mustard and curry leaves for seasoning
salt -1tbsp+a pinch
oil for frying
METHOD
Thinly slice the bittergourd to 1/2" pieces and apply salt over it and let it rest for 5-8 mins.this oozes out water from the veg and reduces the amount of bitterness.Then squeeze out the moisture from it by hand and wipe out with paper towel or cloth.Fry them till dark brown.In the same oil lightly fry the red chillies and keep aside.Boil water with a tbsp of salt.Put the fried chillies in this hot water and let it cool.Then grind it smoothly.Shift it out to a bowl and add the tamarind paste.Heat and let it come to a boil for a second time.Remove from heat and add the fried bittergourd.Then add the tadka of mustard seeds ,asafoetida and curry leaves in the end.Serve it with rice.
14 comments:
This is what I was about to make, now I will have to think something else ;). It tastes great with tamarind in it , isn't it ?
Thanks a lot for this wonderful entry Ranji . hugs to you.
lovely entry ranji, i too love this yummy pickle :)
Thank u so much pooja and roopa!!!
lovely entry ranji:))does it tastes bitter??/
Love this pickle. tamarind offsets the bitterness to some extent isn't it? Nice entry for the event.
Hey Ranjitha,nice entry.I too make a similar pickle but of Surnu.This one is looking very nice.
Even I hate bitter gourd.But love pickles of any kind.Maybe I'll give this a try one of these days :)
I have never tried bittergourd but it sure does look delicious. I love the rich colour to this recipe Ranji. :-)
Love pickle, It looks delicious
This looks good. I think we're planning to have bitter gourd in our garden this year (yes, I've already forgotten) so now I'll have something more to do with it!
Thank u so much everyone!!!
yes divya same can be done with suran..even i do it:)
U r right jayasree tamarind does reduce the bitterness to nil:)
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happy to know u will be growing bittergourd in ur garden...so now u can come up with creative recipes for the same!!!good luck:)
Hi Ranji,
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Remember the One Perfect Ingredient event I'm organising? I've just realised there might have been something unclear in the rules, and I wanted to let you know about it. The restriction was actually on shipping, and not blog location. The shipping of the award is restricted to UK and Europe only, as DK have said they will post the book only to European and UK addresses. I’m sorry about that. Importantly, even if you are not in Europe, you can still take part, but the prize will be sent to a European address of your choice, if you win.
Even I'm not a big fan of bitter gourd, but this one seems to be very tasty. I think I would try it very soon.
Very nice entry, i never heard abt Bittergourd pickel. looks great!!!
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