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I always found cooking bittergourd is a pain so i never bought it home. But i liked whatever my mom cooked out of it especially the bittergourd rasam, bittergourd gojju/chutney and bittergourd majjigehuli. This month when i went shopping for my groceries i found this tender lovely green bittergourds so couldnot resist myself. I thought let me ask my mom and cook it and eat. So my first time with it and thank god did not turn out a bitter episode..So Pooja this is you for VOW-BitterGourd.

Bittergourd Rasam/Hagalakaayi Saaru

Preparation Time:5 min

Cooing Time 20-25 min

Serves:2-4

Ingredients

1.5 cup bittergourd

salt to taste

3 tsp jaggery

For Masala

1.5 tsp Rasam Masala

1/4 cup coconut grated

3tsp tamarind water

1 tsp turmeric powder

For Tampering

1.5 tsp oil

1 tsp musturd seeds

1 strand curry leaves

1 red chilli

Method

Wash and cut the bittergourd into round medium thin slices and keep it aside. Take a thick bottmed pan and 2 cups of water and put the bittergourd into it and close the lid. Once the waterstarts boiling add the salt and mix properly and close the lid. Let the water drain completely.

Meanwhile take the grated coconut, rasam powder(includes, corriander leaves, dry red chilles, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, asafetida/hing, jeera/cuminseeds, methi seeds fried together and grind into nice powder), tamarind powder, turmeric powder into a blender and bring into a coarse paste and keep it aside.

Add to the bitter gourd 1.5 cup water and let it boil then add the jaggery and salt if need and wait until the jaggery melts init. Then add the grinded masala and boil for another 5 minutes in low flame. Put the tampering.

Serve hot with white rice. Njoy

Labels: Bittergourd, Coconut, Jaggery, Rasam/Sambaar

posted by SMN @ 10:54:00 AM,

6 Inputs:

At April 14, 2008 2:25 AM, Uma said...: Happy Vishu to you too. the rasam looks yummy!
At April 14, 2008 3:45 AM, Divya Vikram said...: Hope this tastes great..But I too do not like bittergourd..Same Pinch :-)
At April 14, 2008 12:11 PM, Cinnamon said...: I am not a bittergourd fan either, but it looks delicious :)
At April 14, 2008 6:01 PM, Happy cook said...: Happy Vishu to you and your family.
I am not a fan of this veggie, the dish looks good
At April 14, 2008 8:03 PM, Pooja said...: this first pic of Lighten Diya is looking nice Sushma. Happy Vishu to you and your loved ones.

Both dishes looks really nice. thanks for sharing and participating. I am glad that you started eating bitter gourd now :D.
I loved both dishes...sushma :). I havnt got any email from you yet, Send it soon with this yummy entries:)
At April 15, 2008 5:32 AM, Prajusha said...: sushma,
Happy vishu..bittergourd rasam looks nice.