3 June, 2018

BITTER GOURD/HAGALAKAYI KAYIRASA

No extra oil is used in this recipe, but you can’t say it as zero oil recipe as it contains both fresh coconut and sesame seeds. A very simple yet delicious curry recipe using bitter gourd which is healthy and no need to say – diabetic friendly. Goes very well with rice rotti, chapati, poori etc, but we would like to eat it mostly with hot steaming rice. I have also earlier posted the bitter gourd/hagalakayi chutney here on my blog.

Ingredients :

Bitter gourd/hagalakayi/Karela – chopped 1 to 1&1/4 cup
Water – 2 to 3 cups or for desired consistency
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Jaggery – 1&1/2 tbsp
Tamarind juice – 1/4 cup
Salt to taste

To dry roast and grind :

Coriander seeds – 1 &1/2 tbsp
Split bengal gram/Kadlebele – 1 tbsp
Split black gram/uddina bele – 1 tbsp
White/black sesame seeds – 2 tsp
Whole red chilies – 8 nos., for color & 3 nos., for hotness
Grated fresh coconut – 1/2 cup

PROCEDURE :

Boil 2 cups of water by adding salt, turmeric powder, jaggery and chopped bitter gourd and cook till soft
Dry roast all the ingredients listed below ‘to dry roast and grind’, except coconut

Now grind them into a fine paste by adding coconut and water
Add in tamarind juice to the cooked bitter gourd also add in the ground paste and allow it to boil well