Masala Karela ( Bitter-Gourd Sautéed Amongst Spices); Meatless Monday
Bitter gourd is real mutual vegetable inwards India, only from which most people rest away because it is bitter! Once yous know how to bargain alongside the bitterness, it is a real tasty, nutrient-rich vegetable! You tin read to a greater extent than most the wellness benefits of bitter gourd inwards the "tip for salubrious living " section.
We inwards our household don't shy away from Karela. We genuinely quite love it. I shaver them, I stir-fry them, curry them.. There is a lot yous tin create alongside this vegetable! Check the " cooking made slow for method to conduct maintain the bitterness of the Karela away! Today, I am sharing alongside yous a quick, slow as well as a delicious recipe. This I learnt from a fellow member of nutrient group, Vidya Thakur. As always, I conduct maintain added my impact to this recipe too.. For me cooking is similar a freestyle icon where the halt production depends on the artist's mood at the time. Without farther ado, hither is the recipe!
Servings: 3-4
Prep time: 45 mins ( including marinating inwards tabular array salt as well as turmeric powder).Cook time: 15-20 minsTotal time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
Bitter gourd ( Karela): 2-3 medium sized.
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Coconut oil: 2-3 tbsp ( whatsoever cooking petroleum may hold upwards used)
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 1 sprig ( optional)
Onion: 1 medium-sized, chopped
Asofoetida: a pinch
Kashmiri crimson Chilli powder: 1 tbsp ( paprika tin hold upwards used instead of crimson chilli powder)
Jaggery: 1 tsp ( chocolate-brown saccharide may hold upwards used instead of jaggery)
Tamarind pulp: 1 tsp, dissolved inwards 1/4 loving cup of water.
Method:
Slice the Karela into 0.5 cms thick rings. Mix it alongside a niggling tabular array salt as well as 1 tsp turmeric powder. Keep this aside for at to the lowest degree thirty mins to 1 hour. This takes the bitterness away.
Squeeze the karela pieces from the marinade as well as locomote along aside. Discard the liquid.
Heat two tbsp petroleum inwards a sauté pan ( kadai) on medium heat.
Add the squeezed Karela pieces to the pan as well as sauté until slightly crisp. Take it out inwards a plate/ bowl. Keep aside.
Heat 1 tbsp petroleum inwards the same pan/kadai. Add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add together curry leaves as well as the chopped onion.
Sauté until the onion is lightly golden brown.
Then add together Kashmiri crimson chilli pulverisation as well as asofoetida. Sauté for a minute.
Now add together the tamarind pulp solution as well as jaggery. Let it develop for a minute.
Add the fried Karela slices to the pan. Toss nicely as well as so that all the pieces are coated alongside the sauce. Let it come upwards offering for 1-2 mins.
Serve hot alongside rice/ roti ( apartment breadstuff ) or breadstuff of whatsoever kind. Tastes non bad alongside curd rice.
This stays skillful inwards the fridge for upwards to 1 week.
Enjoy!
I am sharing this post service alongside all my love friends at Throwback Th #56, Fiesta Fri #139 and Saucy Saturday#64! Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Antonia @ Zoale and Sandhya @ Indfused.
Cooking made easy:
This is a fool-proof agency to acquire rid of the bitterness: slice/chop Karela as well as mix it alongside a niggling tabular array salt as well as 1 tsp turmeric powder. Keep this aside for at to the lowest degree thirty mins to 1 hour. I similar to exit mine overnight. When yous are ready to operate the Karela, mash it from the marinade as well as locomote along aside. Discard the liquid. The Karela volition no longer gustation bitter.
Tip for salubrious living:
It is an established fact that bitter gourd helps to regulate blood saccharide levels as well as so locomote along diabetes nether control. Ayurvedic interrogation has confirmed these findings.
Food for thought:
Knowledge comes, only wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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