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Pavakkai Pitlai (Traditional Bitter gourd gravy)

Jul-09-2018
Vasuyavana
390 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Pavakkai Pitlai (Traditional Bitter gourd gravy) RECIPE

Traditional bitter gourd gravy

Recipe Tags

  • Basic recipe
  • Breakfast and Brunch
  • Side Dishes
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. To pressure cook
  2. 1/4 cup tuvr dal
  3. 1/4 cup black channa
  4. For spice powder
  5. 3 tbsp coriander seeds
  6. 2 tbsp channa dal
  7. 2 guntur chillies
  8. 2 byadgi chillies
  9. For gravy
  10. 2 sliced bitter gourd
  11. Tamarind extract
  12. Curry leaves
  13. Salt
  14. To Temper
  15. Oil
  16. Mustard
  17. Jeera
  18. Methi
  19. Hing
  20. To garnish
  21. Coriander leaves
  22. Karuvadam

Instructions

  1. SOAK LEMON SIZE TAMARIND AND GET EXTRACT
  2. SOAK 1/4 CUP BLACK CHANNA OVERNIGHT
  3. ADD WATER AND LITTLE SALT. PRESSURE COOK FOR 3 WHISTLES
  4. COOKED BLACK CHANNA READY
  5. PRESSURE COOK 1/4 CUP TUVR DAL WITH PINCH OF TURMERIC POWDER
  6. ADD 2 TBSP CHANNA
  7. ADD 3 TBSP CORIANDER SEEDS
  8. ADD 2 GUNTUR AND 2 BYADGI CHILLIES
  9. ADD 1 ML OIL. SAUTE TILL DAL COLOR CHANGES TO GOLDEN BROWN
  10. COOL THE INGREDIENTS
  11. ADD COOLED MIXTURE TO BLENDER AND 1/4 CUP COCONUT
  12. GRIND TO FINE POWDER
  13. SLICE 2 BITTER GOURD
  14. ADD OIL. ADD MUSTARD. WHEN IT CRACKS, ADD JEERA
  15. ADD METHI
  16. ADD PINCH OF HING
  17. ADD SLICED BITTER GOURD
  18. ADD CURRY LEAVES
  19. SAUTE
  20. ADD BLACK CHANNA STOCK
  21. CLOSE WITH A LID AND COOK BITTER GOURD
  22. BITTER GOURD IS COOKED
  23. ADD TAMARIND EXTRACT
  24. ADD SPICE POWDER
  25. MIX WELL
  26. BOIL FOR 5 MINUTES
  27. ADD COOKED CHANNA
  28. ADD COOKED TUVR DAL
  29. ADD REQUIRED ROCK SALT
  30. MIX WELL
  31. ADD CORIANDER LEAVES
  32. BOIL TILL OIL SEPARATE FROM GRAVY
  33. GARNISH WITH FRIED KARUVADAM
  34. SERVE HOT WITH RICE

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Shikha Roy
Jul-10-2018
Shikha Roy   Jul-10-2018

Would love to try this.

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