Pavakkai pitlai
December 26, 2010
PAVAKKAI PITLAI(BITTERGOURD)
Pavakkai is usually bitter, but in this dish, you wont feel the bitterness. It is cooked with dal and coconut. Delicious.
Cuisine : South Indian
Preparation time : 10 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins
Course : Side dish
Main Ingredient : Pavakkai
Ingredients :
Pavakkai Chopped - 2 cups
Coconut - shredded - 1/2 cup
Thuvar dhal - 1 cup
Tamarind - 2 tbsp
Red chilli - 4 nos
Malli seed - 2 tbsp
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Channa dhal - 2 tbsp
Black pepper - 1 tbsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Seasoning - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves few
Preparation :
- Sprinkle little salt in the chopped pavakkai. You have to cut pavakkai into small pieces, remove the seeds. Keep it for few mins
- Pressure cook thuvar dal till soft.
- In a pan add tsp of oil, and then the channa dal, jeera, chilli, malli seed, black pepper and saute. Remove from heat, after it is cooled you can grind with coconut. Make it a fine paste.
- In the same pan, you can add tamarind paste, water and turmeric. Let it come to boil.
- Now you can take the pavakkai and squeeze all the water and put inside the pan. When you take all the water, the bitterness will be reduced.
- When it is cooked, you can add the ground paste to the pan.
- Add the cooked dhal to it. Then the seasoning and salt.
Serve it hot with rice or chapathi.
Serving per recipe : 4
Calories per recipe : 120
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