Recipes
veg
Bittergourd Pickle ( kakarkaya Pachadi )
By Meghana Narayan
⏳ Prep Time: 20 minute
27 Jan 2020
2020-01-27T09:25:59.000Z
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Nutritional Overview
Calories
243 kcal
Protein
6 gm
Carbs
21 gm
Fats
15 gm
Ingredients
Bitter gourd - 150 gm
Oil - 15 gm
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chilly Powder- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 10
Urad dal - 10 gm
Channa dal - 10 gm
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery - 10 gm
Tamrind - 10 gm
Method
Step 1
Wash and dice the bittergourd into small pieces. Soak tamrind in - ml warm water.
Step 2
In a pan take - gm of oil and splutter mustard , cumin. Then add in urad, chana , curry leaves saute for a few seconds more.
Step 3
Now add in chopped bittergourd and saute well till tender. Add in turmeric chilly, salt give a mix. Now squeeze the tamrind pulp into soaked water. Pour in the extracted water minus the tamrind pieces along with the jaggery powder.
Step 4
Mix close with a lid and cook for - mins on a low flame or till the mixture becomes thick. You can also add another gm of oil at this point.
Step 5
Once done switch off the flame and let it cool down. Serve a spoonfull with hot rice & ghee 😋. Remaining when refrigerated this can be stored upto weeks- weeks.
