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October 15, 2010 Uncategorized

Pavakkai or Bittergourd pitla

This is another mouth watering dish comes from South Indian kitchen. This dish is made with bittergourd without bitter taste. Goes well with Rice & dosa variety. It will become favourite dish even for bittergourd haters. Try it...............

Ingredients:
Oil - 2 tbs
Mustard - ½ tsp
Fenugreek - ¼ tsp
Curry leaves - as required
Chopped bittergourd - 1 (medium)
Thovar dal - ½ cup
Chana dal - ¼ cup
Garlic - 2 pods (optional)
Hing - ¼ spn
Curry powder - 2 tbs
Turmeric powder - ½ spn
Tamarind - 1 cup of tamarind juice from medium lemon size tamarind.
Jaggary - as required
Cocunut - 4 thin slice grinded into fine paste.
Salt - to taste
Water - 300 -400 ml

Method:

Pressure cook Thuvar dal, Chana dal with pinch of turmeric powder, Hing & Garlic.

If possible, pressure cook the bittergourd in seperate bowl with pinch of turmeric & water in same cooker. If not cook seperately.

Heat the pan & add oil. Add mustard & fenugreek to crackle.

Add Curry leaves & tamarind juice with turmeric powder, chille powder & salt

Allow it to boil, Now add cooked bittergourd & allow it to boil for other 7 mins.

To this gravy add cooked dals & allow it to boil for another 5 mins, Add water if required.

Add cocunut paste & jaggary to this gravy.

Allow it to boil for an ther 4 mins and turn off the stove.

Adjust salt to your taste & garnish with chopped corriander powder.

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  1. Ramya says

    October 24, 2010 at 2:14 am

    Looks yummy Saras!Will try it out

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