BITTER GOURD SAMBAL

BITTER GOURD SAMBAL

Ingredients:

300 grms bitter gourd, slit, cleaned and cut into slices
1 tbs tamarind pulp, mixed with ½ cup of water
3 tbs of oil
1 big onion sliced
4 pips of garlic smashed
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste

To Grind:

10 red chillies, soaked and ground fine
10 shallots ground fine
1 lemon grass, the white part ground

Method:
Heat the cooking oil in a wok.
Add in the smashed garlic and sauté until a nice aroma comes.
Add in the ground shallots, and lemon grass.
Sauté well till oil separate.

Now add in the chillie paste and keep on stir frying,
till the raw smell goes and oil again separates.
Add in the cut bitter gourds and fry for a minute.
Now add in the tamarind juice, bring to a quick boil.

Add in the salt and sugar.
By now the bitter gourds should have been cooked.
Also the oil will separate again.
Add in the sliced onions, stir fry for a minute.
Remove and serve.