Pavakkai (Bitter Gourd) Pachdi

Everyone of us know bitter gourds are always bitter!! But, even it can be made tasty with a few tricks and here is how to make a bitter gourd recipe with less bitter in it. Bitterness is also needed in life, right guys?

Pavakkai pachdi (less bitterness)

Ingredients (serves 2-3 persons)

Pavakkai (bitter gourd) - 1

Groundnuts (raw) - 3 handful

Tamarind paste - 2/3tbsp 

Vellam (jaggery) - 2/3tbsp

Coconut - 3tbsp

Jeera - 2tsp

Turmeric powder - 1tsp

Red chilly - 2/3

Salt - to taste 

Seasoning

Oil

Mustard seeds

Urad dhal

Asafoetida

Curry leaves

Preparation

Boil the bitter gourd pieces along with the groundnuts, tamarind paste and jaggery and keep separately. (Could be kept in a vessel alongside rice in cooker)

Grind the grated coconut, jeera, red chillies, curry leaves and turmeric powder along with some salt and keep aside.

Method

In a pan heat some oil and add the ingredients mentioned for seasoning.

Then, add the boiled items into the pan and adjust the jaggery and tamarind paste as per your taste.

Next, add the ground paste into the pan, check if the salt is enough.

Let all the items in the pan get heated but do not let it boil.

Pour it out of the pan on heating and serve with rice.