BITTERGOURD IN COCONUT SAUCE

Try this bittergourd recipe.

BITTERGOURD IN COCONUT SAUCE

Ingredients:
300 grms big Chinese bittergourd.
1 big onion chopped
1 inch piece ginger chopped fine
1 tsp chillie powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1 lime size tamarind
3 tbs coconut scrapings

To season:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tsp oil
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and cut the bittergourd into small pieces.
Use 1 cup of water and take the juice from the tamarind.
Dry roast the coconut to a golden colour.
Grind it with water to a fine thick paste.

Heat a wok with the oil. Add in the mustard seeds and let it splutter.
Now add in the onions, and ginger and let it fry to a golden colour.
Add the curry leaves and the cut bittergourds.
Stir fry nicely, add in the tumeric powder, coriander powder and chillie powder. Stir nicely , now add in the tamarind juice and salt.
Mix nicely and let it cook. Once the bittergourds are cooked,
Add in the ground coconut paste. Stir nicely and let it come to a boil once. Taste for salt and remove.