PAVAKKAI MASALA (BITTER GOURD )

Ingredients:

250 grms pavakkai cut into slices
½ tsp turmeric powder
Little salt

½ tsp cumin seeds
3 red chillies broken
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp oil

To Roast In Oil And Grind:
3 onions sliced
5 tomatoes sliced
4 green chillies sliced
3 pips garlic sliced
¼ inch ginger sliced
¼ cup coriander leaves

To Roast And Powder:
2 tsp kas- kas
1 tbs sesame seeds

Method:
Boil the pavakkai with the turmeric powder, and salt.
Once cooked, NOT OVERCOOKED , drain and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add in the cumin seeds, dry red chillies
and the curry leaves. Sauté a bit.

Now pour in the ground ingredients, and fry till the raw smell goes.
Add in little water to make little gravy. Let it boil well.
Now add in the boiled pavakkai and mix well.
Let it come to a boil. Lastly add in the ground powders.
Mix well and remove.