Stuffed Karela
"This is very tasty recipe form north India. It is very good as a side dish and very healthy too. I learned from my friend's mother who is a great cook. Try this once--you'll love it."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 medium karela
- 1 medium onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1⁄2 inch fresh ginger
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1⁄2 tablespoon cumin powder
- 1 tablespoon mustard powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 3 tablespoons tamarind paste
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 tablespoons besan
- salt
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- oil (for frying)
directions
- Take the karelas and scrap them a little.
- Peel the onions, ginger and garlic.
- Make a slit cut on the karela only on one side from start to end.
- Take a pressure cooker and boil karelas, onion, ginger, garlic (whole) with a pinch of salt and water.
- Wwitch off the gas just after one whistle.
- If boiling in a pan, take more water and just cook until the karelas are tender enough.
- Drain the excess water from the karelas.
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For stuffing:
- In a grinder, grind the boiled onion, ginger and garlic.
- Take a pan, put 3 tablespoon of oil and put mustard seed to splutter.
- Then add the ground paste, chili powder, mustard powder, tamarind paste, salt to taste, and half of the turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder.
- Stir for some minutes until the paste starts to leave oil in the pan.
- Make a thick paste of besan, rest of the turmeric powder and a pinch of salt.
- Open the slits of karela and fill the stuffing as required.
- Take a pan, put oil for frying.
- Dip the stuffed karela one by one in the besan batter and drop it in the oil for frying.
- Fry until golden brown.
- Drain the excess oil in paper towel.
- Serve hot.
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I am an Indian from a middle class family.I was the youngest in my family and never needed to cook a fabulous meal myself.
But after marriage,things are not the same.My husband has a very refined taste buds and he is very fond of top class food.So these days I am just experimenting lots of new dishes and trying to please my husband..My mother-in-law is also a great cook,and though i didn't get a chance to live with her for long time,but I am sure I'll disappoint her a lot in this respect as not being that good at cooking ,is my weekest point.
So when ever I cook some thing great ,which my husband loves,that is my best day.
