stuff karela(bitter gourd) with onion masala

• Servings: 6-7
• Preparation time: 15 minutes.
• Frying  stuffing masala time: 15 minutes.
• Total time: 30 minutes.

Bitter gourd is very good for health.It can help manage diabetes, it control blood sugar level too.This dish is flavourful and wonderful.

Ingredients:

• Karela (bitter gourd): 250 gm
• Onion: 4 no. (Medium)
• Tomato: no. (Medium)
• Ginger: 1 inch piece
• Garlic: 4 flakes (big size)
• Aniseed powder: 1 teaspoon
• Chilli powder: half teaspoon
• Turmeric powder: half teaspoon
• Coriander powder: 4 tablespoon
• Garam masala powder:  half teaspoon
• Sugar: 2 teaspoon (optional)
• mustard oil: 100 ml
• Salt: 2 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Trim the both ends of karela, and carefully make slit on one side (Lengthwise); take out all seeds, keep aside.
2.  Grind onion, tomato, garlic and ginger together up to fine paste, keep aside.
3.  Heat oil in a nonstick fry pan; when smoke comes, add karela, stir fry on high flame until done, (About 5-7 minutes).  Keep aside.

Method:

Stuffing masala:

1. In a heavy bottom pan heat 5 tablespoon oil; add aniseed, sputter for few seconds add ground paste. Fry till the paste dries up and become golden brown colour. (About 5-10 minutes depending upon the quantity.)
2. Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and 2 teaspoon sugar and aniseed powder, continue to fry for couple of  minutes, add Garam masala powder. Keep aside to cool.
3. Stuff this masala into the fried karela with the help of spoon.
4. Stuff karela is ready to  be served.

stuff karela(bitter gourd) with onion masala by Nag Ratna Sahu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.