Royal Stuffed Bitter Gourd (Shahi Bharwan karela)

Servings: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Resting time: 15 -20 minutes.
Making stuffing time: 5 minutes.
Cooking time: 15-20 minutes.
Total time: 35 minutes.

Are you fed up with same stuffed bitter gourd and would like to serve something special for your special guest; must go for this recipe ‘Royal stuffed bitter gourd’. I tasted this recipe at my daughter in law’s place .Her mother cooked the recipe that day and I ate it greedily, the taste of the recipe still stay with me.

As we know that bitter gourd is excellent for our health, because the bitter food has ability to cleanse and detoxify our system and have natural antibacterial properties. The vegetable nourish and revitalize the liver. The vegetables also used by diabetes people too.

Always use fresh and tender bitter gourd.

Ingredients:

Karela (Bitter gourd): 300 gm
Onion: 4 no. (Medium)
Chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Coriander powder: 1 tablespoon
Jaggery: 2 teaspoon (optional)
Cashew nut: 10-12 no.
Dry grapes: 10-12 no.
Chironji/charoli: 1 tablespoon
Oil: 100 ml
Salt: 2 teaspoon
Lemon: 1 no.

Preparation:

Trim the both ends of karela, and carefully make slit on one side (Lengthwise), take out all seeds. Keep aside.
Chop the cashew nut, Keep aside.
Chop onion into small pieces, put ½ teaspoon of salt and keep aside for 15-20 minutes, onion will release water.

Preparation for making Stuffing:

Squeeze out the water of onion with fist, put it into a mixing bowl, and keep aside.
Add other ingredients into the bowl, mix well. Stuffing is ready, keep aside.

Method:

Take a nonstick fry pan and heat oil, when smoke comes, add karela in it, and fry on low flame, Fry until karela is done about 80%, (8-10 minutes). Allow to cool so that you can put stuffing without burning your finger.
Stuff the prepared stuffing into the karela with the help of spoon and carefully (stuffing should not come out, you can tie with thread also) fry it again along with stuffing till karela is 100% done.
Add lemon juice; “Royal Stuffed Bitter Gourd (Shahi Bharwan karela)” is ready to serve.