Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, stuffed bitter gourd / karela. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bharwa karela is a popular stuffed bitter gourd recipe from the North Indian Cuisine. This classic Indian recipe of bitter gourd stuffed with spice powders and sauteed with caramelized onions is made in Punjabi Households. Bitter gourd, also called bitter melon, is known as karela in India.
Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed bitter gourd / karela using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela:
- Prepare 250 gms / 5 medium - Bitter Gourd/karela
- Get 4 tablespoon Oil
- Get 1 pinch Heeng
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 medium raw mango (grated/pulp)
- Make ready 1/2 tea spoon Turmeric powder
- Get 2 tea spoon Coriander powder
- Make ready 2 tea spoon Anise/saunf powder
- Take 1/2 tea spoon Red chilli powder
- Get 1 teaspoon Salt
Today let us learn how to make stuffed bitter gourd fry/stuffed Karela using our easy recipe. Bharwa Karela Fry recipe with step by step photos and video is stuffing the garlic chili masala in the bitter gourd and frying the karela till crisp. Bharwa Karela is a Punjabi side dish which is stuffed with spices and is cooked until it becomes soft. Stuffed with tangy achar and dry masalas, this makes a great accompaniment to Dal, Rice and Roti.
Steps to make Stuffed Bitter Gourd / Karela:
- Wash the bitter gourd and peel the skin. After peeling the bitter gourd put 1/2 teaspoon salt over them and mix well. Leave the gourd for 15 minutes.
- Now cut the gourd from the center leaving the bottom part. Do not make a deep cut, the bottom side should be joined so that it can be stuffed. Take out the pulp and the seeds from the gourd with the help of a knife and wash the gourd 2-3 times and squeeze all the water from it.Keep a side.
- Now mix raw mango pulp,turmeric powder,Coriander powder,saunf powder,Red chilli powder and salt together well.The masala to stuff the bitter gourd is ready.
- Stuff each gourd with the masala equally. Press the masala well into the gourd so it settles down.
- Heat oil in a pan and put Cumin seeds and heeng then stuffed gourd one by one into the pan. Cover the pan and cook the gourd on a medium flame for 6-7 minutes. Open the lid, flip the gourd, cover the pan again and cook it for another 5-6 minute. Open the lid and flip the side of the gourd from where it is not cooked. Keep on turning the sides till the gourd is cooked from all the sides till they are brown. Your Stuffed Bitter Gourd is ready.
- Serve it with poori, parantha or chapati.
The delicious spices takes away the bitterness from the bitter gourds and make it a mouth watering. Small bitter gourds are better for making Stuffed Bitter Gourds. Cut the bitter gourd or karela length-wise and scrape the insides. Now squeeze the bitter gourds to drain water the water it was soaked in. Stuff the filling you have prepared into it and tie it up with a thread.
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