Apr 16, 2009

Bittergourd Kara kozhambu

I made this kozhambu after seeing a tv show online. I made this last week and was busy with my wisdom tooth extraction process, so could not post the article. Today I am feeling ok, so thought of writing this post. Here is the recipe...

Ingredients:-
  1. Bitter gourd - 1 cup (chopped into small pieces)
  2. Pear Onion - 15 nos(chop it finely)
  3. tomato - 1/2 cup (chopped)
  4. Tamarind Paste - 2 tbsp
  5. Salt to tase
  6. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  7. Sambar powder - 1 1/2 tsp
  8. Coconut - 1/4 cup
  9. Fenugreek seeds- 1 tsp
  10. Red chillies - 3 (acc to taste)
  11. coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
  12. Oil - 2 tbsp
  13. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
  14. Curry leaves - few
  15. Jaggery - 1 1/2 tsp
Pre heat oil in a pan, add bittergourd, tomato and onion and saute for five mts. till it becomes 3/4th cooked. In the mean time, dry roast fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, red chillies and coconut and grind it into a fine paste. Keep it aside. Once the veggies are 3/4th cooked, add the tamarind paste to required amount of water, add the grounded paste to tamarind water, add turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt and pour it on top of the veggies and let it boil for another 5 mts. When everything mixes well, add the jaggery and add water according to the required consistency. Garnish it with curry leaves and enjoy.

10 comments:

Rashmi said...

kozhambu sounds great....


wish u speedy recovery....

Jaishree Iyer said...

kozhambu looks delicious.. hope u r fine now...

Jen Kumar said...

Wow this looks amazing! Can't wait to try it myself.

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Mouthwatering Kozhambu Vidya... I did love to make them soon...

Gita Jaishankar said...

THe kuzumbu looks delicous Vidya, I must try it soon, take care!

Shama Nagarajan said...

hai vidhya...happy to c u after a long time...yummy dish...take care dear....have a gift for u in my blog..please do collect it.....please do participate in my first event....

kittymatti said...

looks soo good! Great recipe :)

A_and_N said...

We usually go with Pitlai but this sounds wonderful! Great one Vidhya!

Ammu said...

Never thought abt this before. U r simply superb. Gonna to try this soon.

Ann said...

This is totally a new recipe to me.. looks spicy and yumm.. Will try that soon with the frozen bittergourd.
You have very nice recipe collections