Bitter Gourd/Bitter Melon Fry

Bitter Gourd or Bitter Melon also know as paavakai in Tamil is the most healthier vegetable which keeps your body clean and healthier. Drinking Bitter Gourd juice will clense your body. We will see that recipe in another post. Now lets get started with fry.

This recipe is so easy to prepare and takes approx 10-15 minutes for cooking.

Ingredients

Bitter Melon - 1

Chilli Pdr - 1 tsp

Cumin Pdr - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Pdr - 1 pinch

Salt - As required

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1. Slice bitter melon as shown below - round shapes with seeds

2. Add all the powders and mix it well. keep it aside for atleast 15 minutes so that all the spicies blend with melon nicely

3. In a pan, add oil and then mustard. Once mustard splutters add cumin seeds

4. Add Bitter melon and saute it for few minutes

5.  Saute it by leaving a gap for 5 minutes

Serve with hot rice and sambar.! This recipe is healthy as well as tasty. 

Add little bit tamarind juice for sourness. It is up to you. But this gives a different good taste.