Stuffed Bitter Gourd With Gravy(Bharwan Karela) My Mom's Recipe
By: SK
Published: Monday, February 21, 2011 - 3:30am

Ingredients




16 Bitter gourd (Karela)-- (small)-
Mustard Oil [for real taste]
2 teaspoons aamchoor [dried mango powder]
1 inch large 8 pieces each]
Stuffing [filling]------ grind all to make smooth paste with little water
10 Galic- nos
2 large onion-
2 teaspoons cumin seeds-
1 teaspoon turmeric powder-
salt- for taste
3 teaspoons coriander powder-
2 dried red chilly-
gravy: again grind all to make smooth paste
1 tablespoon mustard seeds-
8 garlic- nos
2 red chilly--

Preparation

1 Wash all karelas in running water. Please don’t cut the sides. Now with the help of knife remove seeds and pulp from inside .grind pulp& seeds to smooth   paste with little water 2 Now boil karelas in water with pinch of salt  till half done . drain water and keep aside 3 Heat a non sticky pan add  2 tbsp oil  add 1 pinch  cumin seeds  in hot oil ,after crackling cumin  add pulp paste and filling paste 1 tsp turmeric powder, salt , roast it till the filling becomes dry, keep aside to cool. 4 After  5 minutes  the stuff {filling}  is ready  to fill in the karelas .now fill the karelas with filling stuff. some 5 Filling stuff  will left but don’t worry add it in the gravy 6 Now put 2 tbsp oil in non sticky pan and  fry the  all the stuffed karelas without covering the lid   fry all the sides /if you are health conscious microwave it for 10 minutes with little oil  or without oil. 7 For gravy 8 Now put 1 tbsp oil in non sticky pan add a pinch of cumin seeds after crackling add the gravy paste  ,add a pinch turmeric powder ,salt to taste ,left stuff  roast till dry avoid over roast. add 1 glass water when the gravy becomes little thick  add the fried stuffed  karelas add aamchoor powder ,tomatoes cover the lid simmer the flame foe 5—6 minutes. .remove from heat. keep some dry fried stuffed karelas and serve with rice . 9 Serve hot with rice  and some curd for best taste. pls dont serve anything else.