Ingredients
- 500 grams karela/bitter gourd
- 2 tablespoons oil
- ¾ tablespoon basen/channa atta
- 3 teaspoons jeera-dhania powder
- 2 teaspoons chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric/haldi powder
- 1 tablespoon jaggery/gur
- Salt to taste
- ½ tablespoon garam masala
- 3 tablespoons crushed groundnuts/moongphalee
- Oil, rai and hing for tadka
- Coriander leaves/kuthmir for garnish
Preparation
- Peel karelas and cut into half and split.
- Pressure cook with little water for one whistle.
- Heat oil and sauté basen till golden brown. Cool. Mix with jeera-dhania, chilli & haldi powders, gur, salt, garam masala and moongphalee.
- Stuff the mixture in the karelas.
- Prepare tadka. Add stuffed karelas. Cook till done.
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Garnish with chopped kuthmir.
Serve with roti/chappati.