Aloo Stuffed Karela
Servings - 2 - 3
INGREDIENTS
Bitter gourd - 500 grams
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Water - 550 milliliters
Oil - 1 tablespoon
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Boiled mashed potatoes - 245 grams
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Red chili - 1 teaspoon
Dry mango powder - 1 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Oil - for shallow frying
PREPARATION
1. Take 500 grams bitter gourd and wash them. Peel the skin of bitter gourd.
2. Slit in the center keeping it joined at the back. Cut the gourd and remove off the seeds and pith from it.
3. Apply some salt inside and outside the gourd. Keep the salt coated gourd aside for 30 minutes.
4. Wash the bitter gourd with water properly and keep aside.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan, add 1/2 teaspoon turmeric and stir well.
6. Now, add 245 grams boiled mashed potatoes and mix it well.
7. Cook for 5 - 7 minutes on low heat.
8. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon red chili, 1 teaspoon dry mango powder, 1 teaspoon garam masala and mix it well.
9. Cook for another 3 - 5 minutes.
10. Remove it from heat.
11. Open the gourd and stuff it with this mixture. Press gently and close nicely.
12. Heat some oil in a pan and place the stuffed bitter gourd on it.
13. Cook for 5 - 7 minutes, flip the sides of bitter gourd and again cover it with lid.
14. Cook for another 5 - 7 minutes, spent he lid and cook from all the sides until they get brown in color.
15. When they are roasted from all sides turn off the heat.
16. Serve.
Besan Stuffed Karela
Servings - 2 - 3
INGREDIENTS
Bitter gourd - 250 grams
Salt
Oil - 2 tablespoons
Cumin - 1 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1/8 teaspoon
Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
Gram flour - 35 grams
Coriander powder - 2 teaspoons
Fennel powder - 2 teaspoons
Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
Dry mango powder - 1 teaspoon
Red chili - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 80 millilitre
PREPARATION
1. Take 250 grams bitter gourd and wash them. Cut, peel and chop the gourds. Remove the stalk from both ends and rub the knife to scrap the skin. Slit in the center keeping it joined at
the back. Cut the gourd and remove off the seeds and pith from it.
2. Take some salt and use 1/2 teaspoon salt from it. Apply some salt inside and outside the gourd. Keep the salt coated gourd aside for 30 minutes.
3. Take the scrap and pith in a separate bowl and add 1/4 teaspoon to it and mix. Keep aside the scraps as well and after 30 minutes wash them.
4. Wash the gourds nicely to remove the salt. Squeeze off the water from the gourds and place them in a plate. Wash the salt coated gourd scrap and pith as well. Sieve it like this with a strainer.
5. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan, add 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/8 teaspoon asafoetida, 1 teaspoon ginger paste and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.
6. Add 35 grams gram flour and roast until it changes in color.
7. Now, add the washed scrap and pith into it and mix well.
8. Add 2 teaspoons coriander powder, 2 teaspoons fennel powder, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon dry mango powder, 1/4 teaspoon red chili, 1 teaspoon salt and mix it well.
9. Transfer this mixture into a bowl and allow it to cool.
10. Open the gourd and stuff it with this mixture. Press gently and close nicely.
11. Heat 80 millilitre oil in a pan, add the stuffed bitter melon in it and cover it with a lid.
12. Cook for 5 - 7 minutes, flip the sides of bitter melon and cook from all the sides until they get brown in color.
13. When they are roasted from all sides turn off the heat.
14. Serve.
