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An easy Cantonese stir-fry recipe for bitter gourd with eggs flavoured tastefully with light soy sauce, sesame oil, Chinese wine, and ground pepper. Serve this as a light and refreshing side dish to accompany your mains at any Chinese meal. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Bitter melon is widely used in Indian cuisine.
Bitter gourd stir fry is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Bitter gourd stir fry is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook bitter gourd stir fry using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter gourd stir fry:
- Get 500 gm bitter gourds
- Take 2 medium size onions
- Take 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
- Make ready 2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
- Get 1/4 tsp asfaoetida
- Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 2 tsp jaggery/sugar
- Take 3 tbsp oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander powder (optional)
- Make ready to taste Pink Himalayan salt
You can replace the pork with other meats like chicken or Spam (a very popular option). The stir fry is eaten hot, always with a big bowl of rice on the side. Kakarakaya fry or bitter gourd fry is an easy and quick dish. The recipe is lightly spiced with bitter tones from the karela.
Steps to make Bitter gourd stir fry:
- Wash the bitter gourds well and chop them in thin slices or roundels…if not tender than remove the seeds.
- Take a bowl add the chopped bittergourds in it and sprinkle some 1/2tsp of salt over it and let it rest for atleast 1 hour.(it helps to reduce the bitterness of it)
- After 1hour,you will see it has released some water..take a handful of karelas in your palm and squeeze it nicely,it will release water. Do not break the pieces..and do with the rest as same and remove it in a plate
- Take a wok or non-stick pan add oil, asafoetida,the squeezed karelas and stir fry till it becomes soft…add onions over and saute till onions becomes translucent.
- Add turmeric, kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder (optional), jaggery/sugar,grated coconut and pink salt to taste..(remember bhi have added the salt earlier too…so add according to it).
- Keep a steam releasing lid and let it cook for 5-7mins more,stir in intervals,so that it doesn't get stick to the bottom.
- When cooked,add some grated coconut on top and mix well.
- Karela bhaji/bitter gourd stir fry is ready to serve wdh chapatis or dal - rice combo.
- Note& Tip:- If you wanna the crispier karelas as a side dish to any meal then cook for sometime more.
Kakarakaya fry or bitter gourd fry is an easy and quick dish. The recipe is lightly spiced with bitter tones from the karela. Add the dried chili pepper (if using), garlic, and fermented black beans, stir a few times until fragrant. Add in hot water using the same bowl for the seasoning. Lastly put in the fried fish pieces.
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