Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, hagalkai gojju / bitter gourd curry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
" Bitter Gourd Curry " can be made in N number of ways, out of which today i have for you all the Authentic Karnataka way of making " Bitter Gourd Curry / Hagalkai Gojju ". In coastal Karnataka its known as " Hagalkayi Menaskai ". It has a special taste, a combination of sweet, tangy, spicy and a light touch of bitterness. HAGALAKAYI GOJJU-BITTER GOURD CURRY Bitter Gourd, as the name itself says it is bitter in taste.
Hagalkai gojju / Bitter gourd curry is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Hagalkai gojju / Bitter gourd curry is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hagalkai gojju / bitter gourd curry using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Hagalkai gojju / Bitter gourd curry:
- Make ready 2 small bitter gourds
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Get For masala powder:
- Get 2 tbsp peanuts
- Prepare 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- Take 1 tsp chana dal
- Prepare 1 tsp urad dal
- Get 1 tsp coriander seeds
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Get 1/4 tsp methi seeds
- Make ready 1/4 cup dry coconut
- Make ready 5-6 red chillies
- Take For Curry:
- Prepare 1/2 cup lemon size tamrind pulp
- Take 1 tbsp jaggery
- Prepare 1 tbsp oil
- Take 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 pinch hing
- Take 3-4 curry leaves
- Take 1 dried red chilli
- Get to taste Salt
- Get 1 tbsp coriander leaves
It has been used to treat diabetes in ancient days; even today it is available in the form of tea, juice and extracts. Bitter gourd sweet curry translates to "hagalakayi sihi gojju" in kannada language. This type of hagalakayi gojju is one of the simplest curry prepared using bittergourd and it is very tasty. Hagalakayi gojju is prepared using bitter gourd, jaggery, coconut and rasam powder.
Steps to make Hagalkai gojju / Bitter gourd curry:
- Cut the bitter guard into roundles and put in a bowl, add salt and turmeric powder, mix well and keep aside for 30 mins. This helps to reduce the bitterness of the vegetable.
- Meanwhile prepare masala but dry roasting all the ingredients under masala one by one till nice and brown and the aroma comes. Cool completely and grind to a powder.
- After 30 mins squeeze the bitter guard from extra water that has released. Wash it on clean water and keep aside.
- In a pan heat oil add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric powder hing curry leaves and red chilli and let them splutter.
- Now squeeze the extra water and add the bitter guard to the pan. Saute for 3-4 mins.
- Add tamrind pulp, jagger, salt and prepared masala and cook till oil separates. Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Enjoy with rice or roti it tasyes awesome with both.
This type of hagalakayi gojju is one of the simplest curry prepared using bittergourd and it is very tasty. Hagalakayi gojju is prepared using bitter gourd, jaggery, coconut and rasam powder. Bitter Gourd Curry or Hagalakai Gojju This gravy curry can have with Chapathi and also with plain rice. This is a good mixture of bitter, sweet and sour tastes and hence is one of my family favorite curries. Bitter gourd gojju or Menaskai which happen to be one of the fantastic rice side dish of Udupi -Mangalore region.
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