Bitter Gourd Pitlai

Bitter Gourd Pitlai is one tastiest and unique recipe. Normally kids won't like bitter gourd due to bitterness.

For them, you have try to make this curry by this method. This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, curd rice and chapatti.

Based on your tongue twist you can add little jaggery into this. For additional taste I have added coconut paste.

Try this healthy and tasty bitter gourd pitlai!!! 

Ingredients

Chopped Bitter Gourd – 1 cup

Channa Dal – ½ Cup

Toor Dal – ½ cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Coriander Powder - 1 ½ tsp

Coconut Paste – 3 tsp

Tamarind – small sized ball

To temper

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 2

Crushed Garlic – 4

Curry Leaves – few

Chopped Coriander Leaves – few

Oil – 1 tsp

Method

Soak tamarind in hot water for about 15 min and extract the juice and keep it aside for in a separate vessel.

In pressure cooker, add toor dal and channa with 2 cups of water and cook until 3 to 5 whistles comes out. Once it done, let it cool down and mash it well.

In a pan, heat oil. Add tempering items one by one and sauté it for few seconds. Then add chopped bitter gourd and fry well with little salt for about 3 to 4 min.

Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, and coriander powder and tamarind water and keep cook on medium flame for another 5 min.

Now add mashed dals with this curry and mix well.

Finally add coconut paste to this curry and if you wish you can add a pinch of jaggery.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.