Bitter gourd fry (kakarakaya vepudu)

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ingredients:

2 cups Bitter gourd (cut into round thin pieces)
1/2 teaspoon Mustad seeds
2 teaspoons Red chilli powder
Pinch of Turmeric powder
1 teaspoon Oil
Salt to taste
Method:

Mix salt to Bitter gourd and keep aside for 30 to 40 mins and sqeeze out the water from the bitter gourd pieces. You will have to sqeeze very tight so that the bitterness will go away.

Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and add turmeric powder and bitter guard pieces and stir fry until they are cooked. Add chilli powder at the end. Since we added the salt before sqeezing it may not be required again but add if required.

Notes:
1) you can also grind any nuts like roasted peanuts and add the powder to get a crispy taste