Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, stuffed bitter gourd. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Stuffed Bitter Gourd is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Stuffed Bitter Gourd is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed bitter gourd using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Bitter Gourd:
- Prepare 2 long Bitter Gourd / 4-5 small ones
- Prepare to taste salt
- Take 2 tbsp. oil
- Get 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh grated coconut
- Prepare 1 tsp roasted coriander powder
- Prepare 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp flaxseed (opt)
- Take 1 tsp tamarind paste
- Prepare 2 tbsp roasted chickpea flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup besan (gram flour)
- Make ready pinch salt
- Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Get oil to deep fry
Instructions to make Stuffed Bitter Gourd:
- Scrape the karelas / bitter gourds and scoop out the pulp. Cut each into 3-4 pieces. Apply salt to them and to the scraped mix and leave them aside for 20-25 minutes.
- Make a batter with besan, turmeric powder, pinch of salt and red chilli powder with required quantity of water. The batter should not be too thick or too thin. Keep aside.
- Wash the scraped mix well under running water and transfer onto a kitchen towel. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in a pan and saute the garlic till they slightly changes colour.
- Now add the coconut and saute till light brown. Then add the scraped karela skin and the pulp along with all the dry spices. Continue to fry on a medium flame for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the tamarind paste. Mix well and saute for 2-3 minutes. Switch off the flame and add the roasted chickpea flour. Toss well, cover and keep aside to cool down.
- Fill each of the karela pieces with the stuffing and keep aside. Heat remaining oil for deep frying. Take the stuffed karela and coat them in the batter and gently drop them in the hot oil.
- Deep fry them in batches on a medium flame till golden in colour on all sides. Drain on a kitchen towel. Serve as a side dish with either rice / chapatti or as appetizers with any chutney.
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