Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- Bitter melon or Bitter gourd - 4 to 5 numbers
- Toor Dhal (or Moong Dal) - 1 cup
- Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp
- Tamarind Juice - 3/4 cup
- Jaggery powder - 2 to 3 tsp
- Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
- Onion- 1 (chopped)
- Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)
- Coriander leaves - one handful
- Salt - as necessary
- For Tempering
- Sunflower Oil - 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Channa dal - 1 tsp
- Urid dal - 1 tsp
- Green chilies - 3 numbers
- Dry red chilies - 4 numbers
- Curry Leaves - 10 leaves
- Asafoetida (or Hing) - 1 tsp
Instruction
- First clean and remove the inner parts (including seeds) of bitter melon. Cut the bitter melon into round shaped pieces and keep it aside.
- Now in a pan, put some sunflower oil and put those bitter melon pieces and sprinkle some salt over it and fry them till its golden colour.
- Remove bitter melon from oil and keep it aside.
- In a pressure cooker, put dal (moong dhal or toor dhal), pinch of salt, turmeric powder and cook until the dhal is cooked. Switch it off after 5-6 whistles.
- Heat another pan and add sunflower oil. When the oil gets heated, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, channa dhal, urid dhal, dry red chillies, green chillies and curry leaves. Add some asafoetida powder also.
- Now add turmeric powder, chopped onion, salt and saute it well. The onions have to become transparent.
- Add red chilli powder and chopped tomatoes. Mix well.
- Now add tamarind juice and allow to cook for about 3 minutes.
- Add some jaggery powder into it and then add the fried bitter melon.
- Add the already cooked dal and grated coconut. Mix everything well and allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves and switch off the stove.
