Sunday, June 20, 2010

Pavakkai /Karela / Bittergourd Curry


Ingredients:
Karela /Bittergourd - 2
Sambar powder - 2 tsps
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Salt as required
Oil
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Method:
Cut the Karelas into small pieces and wash nicely and mix with salt and keep aside.
Take a kadai pour oil and season with mustard seeds,urad dal and hing.
Add the karela pieces with salt and sambar powder and let it cook on low heat for some time.
You can add a little more oil if you want to.
After the karela curry is cooked, you can garnish with coriander leaves.
Now the karela curry is ready to be eaten with sambar rice or rasam rice as a side dish or you can even have it with phulka chappathis.

19 comments:

  1. Looks delicious ...never tried this way....yum

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  2. Wow! second picture looks so tempting. I'm sure this would have tasted well also. Never prepared karela with sambar powder

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  3. Wow! yummy..I used to make the similar way..I love bitter gourd..your pictures are cute..

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  4. I purchased bittergourds at the Saturday market yesterday. planning to cook tomorrow. I think will make this recipe then; will be a nice change from routine.

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  5. Though not desperate for this veggie.... Some preps of it, are really really awesome.... And Your prep sounds interesting too.... :-)

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  6. Looks delicious...Never tried this one

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  7. Looks delicious, great side dish dear....

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  8. Karela with sambar powder is a lovely idea :-)

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  9. I too make it the same way ,I am not a big fan of karela though

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  10. awesome dish..thank you for your comment on my blog.. i will check why it is very slow.. thanks once again..

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  11. A different karela preparation...looks inviting...

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  12. i love pavakka..looks simply delicious...

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  13. My mom too makes this in a similar way. Looks so delicious and perfect with rice.

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  14. we too make this in this way only. Looks good and perfect.

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  15. Nice curry with bittergourd, your nutritional values are also very useful, glad to follow you:-)

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  16. your bittergourd veggie looks very yum, this is a veggie that I have cooked so rarely that I can literally count the no of times I've made it!

    Some of your recipes are quite unique (this is my first visit here), I really loved the ginger raita.

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  17. One of my fav veggie,nice curry

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  18. So many Indian vegetables I have yet to try (sigh). This recipe looks impossibly easy and very, very tasty. I love bitter veggies.

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