Tasty Bittergourd - chick peas gravy

  Tasty Bittergourd – chick peas Gravy:

          Bittergourds are very low in calories but dense in precious nutritents but many of us hate to eat because of its bitter taste.. J isn’t ? Here I have tried bittergourds with cooked channa.Its tastes very good because I have added  jaggery with it.Try this then it will becomes one of your favourite item. J

                    

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 30 mins

Servings : 3

Ingredients :

·        Tur dal – ½ cup

·        Bitter gours – 1 small

·        Chick peas – ¼ cup

·        Tamarind  paste – 1 ½ tbl spn

·        Jaggery – 1 spoon

·        Turmeric powder – ¼ spn

·        Sambar powder – 2 spn

·        Salt as required

·        Finely chopped coriander for garnishing

Roast and grind :

·        Oil – 2 tbl spn

·        Urad dal – 2 tbl spn

·        Bengal gram – 2 tbl spn

·        Red chilli – 6

·        Coriander seeds – 1 ½ spn

·        Raw rice – ½ tbl spn

·        Coconut grated – more than ¼ cup

For tempering:

·        Oil – 1 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Fenugreek – ½ spn

·        Asafeotida – ¼ spn

Preparation :

Soak chick peas for 8 hours or overnight.pressure cook the chick peas and  tur dal separately for 3 whistles and keep it aside.

Cut the bittergourd into rounds.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the  urad dal ,Bengal gram, red chili,coriander seeds,raw rice, red chilli till the dal turns golden brown.Then add grated coconut. Take the fried ingredients into the mixer and grind it to a fine paste.

Method :

·        Heat  oil in a pan and add the tempering items.

·         Add tamarind juice ,sambar powder ,salt boil it on medium flame until the raw smell goes off.

·        Then add bittergourd pieces ,cooked tur dall ,chick peas and ground paste along with  one cup if water.

·        Cook it for medium flame until everything gets blended well.

·        The consistency should be thicker than sambar.

·        Garnish with coriander leaves.

                   

 Serve hot with steamed rice.. J