Pavakkai pitlai bitter ground and groundnut curry recipe
By: ravikumar
Published: Monday, March 19, 2018 - 3:42am

Ingredients




1.5 tbsp sesame seed oil
Curry leaves
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 cup chopped bittergourd
Pinch turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Hing dissolved in water
1/3 cup boiled peanuts
Gosseberry sized tamarind dissolved in water
2.5 tbsp Pitlai powder
1 tbsp jaggery
Coriander leaves

Preparation

1 1. In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds. Once it crackles, add curry leaves, karela, turmeric, hing and cook on a medium flame for a minute. 2 2. Add tamarind water. Cook on a medium flame till raw aroma of tamarind disappears. 3 3. Add pitlai powder , peanuts and enough water for gravy consistency. 4 4. Simmer on a medium flame with jaggery for 2 minutes. 5 5. Garnish with coriander (optional) and serve with rice and appalam or flatbreads.

About

Pavakkai pitlai recipeis a kind of sambar made using bitter gourd and peanut in a fresh ground masala with coconut base. Bittergourd pitlai recipe is easy to make dish and even goes great with roti. Pavakkai pitlai gourd and groundnut curry is a famous Kuzhambu in Kerala and some parts of Kanyakumari district.