Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stir fried bitter gourd or karela and pumpkin. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Karela, also called bitter melon, is a popular vegetable used in many Asian countries. Here is a delicious North Indian Karela recipe, where bitter melon is cooked with onions and spices, along with some jaggery to get a sweet, spicy and tangy stir fry! Bitter gourd stir fried fish is a dish that bitter gourd lovers can never resist. The fresh, meaty pieces of the fish are first patted lightly in cornflour and then deep fried.
Stir Fried Bitter Gourd or Karela and Pumpkin is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Stir Fried Bitter Gourd or Karela and Pumpkin is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook stir fried bitter gourd or karela and pumpkin using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stir Fried Bitter Gourd or Karela and Pumpkin:
- Take 1 bittergourd or karela chopped
- Prepare 1/2 cup pumpkin cubed
- Get 1 small onion chopped finely
- Get 1/4 tsp kalonji /black seed
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp mustard oil
- Make ready 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get To taste salt
- Make ready To taste sugar
- Prepare 1 dry red chilli
Uncover and cook for a few minutes until the bitter melon color changes to golden brown. Bitter melon stir fry is ready to serve. Now add the (squeezed) karela pieces. Now add all dry spices, and salt.
Steps to make Stir Fried Bitter Gourd or Karela and Pumpkin:
- Slit bittergourd and deseed.Chop into semi circles.Cube pumpkin into small pieces.Smear little salt in them.Chop finely 1 onion.Heat oil in a pan and sprinkle kalonji and 1dry red chilli.
- When they splutter,add chopped onion and fry lightly.Add chopped bittergourd and pumpkin.Fry in low flame.Add red chilli powder,turmeric,salt and sugar to taste.Sprinkle little water and cook covered on low flame till done.
- Serve as a side dish with rice in lunch.
Now add the (squeezed) karela pieces. Now add all dry spices, and salt. Slice the bitter melon into ¼ inch slices and remove as many seeds as possible (the rest will be easy to remove once cooked). Add the spices and mix well. Coat the bitter gourd pieces with corn flour, red chili powder and turmeric powder. (Salt is not needed as the bitter gourd would have absorbed enough salt).
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