Vegan Bitter gourd Curry / Pavaika Puli curry

Bitter gourd curry is a tangy, sweet curry that goes well with a hot bowl of rice. This curry is vegan, gluten-free, and easy.

Bitter gourd curry

Bitter gourds are one of the most nutritious veggies. But is hated by most of the people at the same time because of its bitterness. This is one easy and yummy recipe to include the bitter gourd in your diet. When you have this curry, you don’t even know how much you eat. This is a thick curry to have along with some hot rice.

How to make

Ingredients required

Method

Cut the bitter gourd to half and deseed. Cut it into thin pieces. Soak tamarind in a half cup of water and extract tamarind pulp. Heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds along with methi seeds. Add shallots and curry leaves. When shallots turn golden add tomato.

Sauté it for a minute. Add turmeric powder and red chili powder. Sauté till tomatoes become mushy. Add chopped bitter gourd. Cook covered for a few minutes. Stir occasionally. When it’s almost done add tamarind extract, jaggery, and salt. Allow it to boil till the raw smell goes and thickens. Serve warm with rice and Potato fry.

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Recipe for bitter gourd curry

Ingredients

Pavaika/ Bitter gourd – 1 medium-sized

Shallots – 6

Tomato – 1 medium-sized chopped

Tamarind – half lemon-sized

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Red chili powder – 1 tsp

Jaggery – a small piece

Salt – as required

Mustard seeds – few

Methi seeds – 4 or 5

Curry leaves – few

Oil – 1 tsp

Method

• Cut the bitter gourd to half and deseed. Cut it into thin pieces.
• Soak tamarind in a half cup of water and extract tamarind pulp.
• Heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds along with methi seeds.
• Add shallots and curry leaves.
• When shallots turn golden add tomato.
• Sauté it for a minute. Add turmeric powder and red chili powder.
• Sauté till tomatoes become mushy.
• Add chopped bitter gourd. Cook covered for a few minutes. Stir occasionally.
• When it’s almost done add tamarind extract, jaggery, and salt.
• Allow it to boil till the raw smell goes and thickens.
• Serve warm with rice.

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