Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, kaarlyaa saglein (traditional bitter gourd side dish). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Kaarlyaa Saglein is a side dish or say a healthy salad of sorts made using bitter gourds (Kaarle), coconut and fresh curds. Saglein is a GSB dish wherein a tempering of ghee, mustard and asafoetida is ground with coconut and green chillies and mixed with some other ingredient like cucumber or bitter gourds. In a flat dish, spread the required bread crumbs. Heat a thick bottomed pan, and add the required oil for grilling the chops.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kaarlyaa saglein (traditional bitter gourd side dish) using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make KAARLYAA SAGLEIN (TRADITIONAL BITTER GOURD SIDE DISH):
- Get For The Roasted Bitter Gourds :
- Prepare 250/500 gm Bitter Gourds…. Adjust quantity as per preference
- Get 2 tbs Oil For Roasting
- Take 1 tsp Salt
- Make ready For The Saglein :
- Make ready 4 tbs Roasted Bitter Gourd
- Make ready 3/4 cup Fresh Grated Coconut
- Prepare 5-6 tbs Slightly Sour Curd
- Get 1 1/2 tsp Sugar… To be adjusted as per the sourness of the curds
- Take To Taste Salt
- Get For The Tempering :
- Get 3 tsp Homemade Ghee (Clarified Butter)
- Make ready 1 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
- Prepare 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
- Make ready 2-3 Chopped Green Chillies… To be adjusted as per preference
Slice the bitter melon in half lengthwise; using a spoon, scrape out and discard the seeds and pith. Bitter melon may cause an upset stomach in some people. Momordica charantia (colloquially: bitter melon; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear; with many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit.
Steps to make KAARLYAA SAGLEIN (TRADITIONAL BITTER GOURD SIDE DISH):
- To make Kaarlyaa Saglein, first rinse well the bitter gourds and pat dry.
- Slightly scrape off the outer rough peel and rinse once again.
- Deseed and chop into very fine pieces (1/2 cm approx).
- Rub 1 tsp salt into these pieces and set aside for about 7-8 hours at room temperature.
- The gourds will start releasing water in the said time.
- Discard all the water and rinse the pieces with clean water (optional) and squeeze out all the remaining water.
- This helps in doing away with most of the bitterness which is disliked by many.
- Other option is to totally skip the next rinsing and just do with squeezing out the bitter juice from the gourds.
- Heat a pan and add oil to it. Add the squeezed bitter gourd pieces and stir on low to medium heat till they change colour and crisp up.
- Cool and store in an airtight container for upto a month or two in the refrigerator and use as required.
- To make the Saglein, first heat a small kadhai and add ghee and mustard seeds to it.
- As soon as they splutter, add the asafoetida and green chillies and switch off the flame.
- Add the tempering to the grated coconut and grind it alongwith the sugar, curds and salt to get an almost smooth paste.
- Using water has to be completely avoided for the grinding process and in general too.
- Mix together 4 tbs of the roasted bitter gourd bits and the ground paste. Store the rest of the roasted bitter gourds in the refrigerator.
- Check seasoning and adjust if required.
- Serve this delicious and nutritious Kaarlyaa Saglein as a side with any traditional meal!!
Momordica charantia (colloquially: bitter melon; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear; with many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit. But prepared correctly, bitter melon can be quite pleasant to eat. Cut the bitter melon in half and remove the seeds and fibrous core. Bitter melon (also known as Momordica charantia, bitter gourd, wild cucumber, and more) is a plant that gets its name from its taste.
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