Kitchen Tantra

Bitter Gourd Thokku:(Country Style)

Ingredients:

Bitter Gourd 4
Garlic 8-10 cloves fienly chopped
Purple Onion 1 large -finely chopped
Tomatoes 3 fienly chopped
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Jaggery 2 spoons
Tamarind paste 1/4 spoon
Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
Sesame oil few spoons.

Method:

In a wide pan, heat oil. Add mustards and wait till it pops.

Then add garlic and fry till fragrant.

Add onions and fry till it turns golden color. Add toamtoes, salt, turemric, chili, jaggery and tamarind paste. Cover and cook til they become pulpy.

Now stir-in bitter gourd. Fry for few minutes. Cover and cook. Do not add any water. Let it get cooked with its own water content.

When the vegetable is done and oil shows up on sides, remove from heat.

Serve warm with plain steam cooked rice.

Labels: Bitter Gourd