Pavakkai Kadalai Paruppu Varuval | Bittergaurd fry with channa dal
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Soak the channa dal for at least 1/2 hour to 1 hour, Chop the bittergaurd, onion and tomato.
Heat up the oil in the pan..
Add in the mustard seeds and let it splutter
Throw in some curry leaves..
Add in the chopped onions and cook until it turns translucent..
Add in the tomatoes…
Add a pinch of salt, just to speed up the process and cook until the tomato is little mushy!!!
Throw in the diced bittergaurd…
Next goes the channa dal, drain out the water and add the channa dal.. Mix everything well and cook for 3 to 4 mins. This channa dal will give a nice crunchy-munchy taste to this recipe.. It is a add-on taste!!!
Now, add the spice powders.. Chilli powder, Fennel powder, Turmeric powder…
Saute for few seconds until the raw smell leaves off..
Sprinkle little water, cover and cook for sometime..and stir occasionally..
Switch off the flame.. Now add in a small piece of jaggery, i don’t hav jaggery in hand 🙁 🙁 so opted for sugar!!
Paavakai kadalaparuppu varuval/ Bittergaurd channal fry is ready!!!!!
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Paavakai Kadalaparuppu Varuval / Bittergaurd fry with channa dal
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- Bittergaurd- 3 medium sized
- channa dal- 3 tbs (soaked for 1/2 hour)
- Oil- 1 tbs
- Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
- Curry leaves- 1 string
- Onion- 1
- Tomato- 1
- Chilli powder 1 tbs
- Fennel powder- 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
- Jaggery/sugar- 1 tsp
- salt- to taste
Instructions
- Soak the channa dal.
- Heat up the oil in the kadai, add in mustard seeds and curry leaves.. let it splutter.
- Add in onions and cook until it turns translucent, it takes 3 to 4 mins.
- Add in the tomatoes, salt and cook till it turns mushy
- Now add the diced bittergaurd and channa dal.
- Add all the spice powder chilli powder, fennel powder and turmeric powder sauté well until the raw smell leaves off..
- Add little water, cover and cook for another 10 mins until the bittergaurd is cooked.. stir occasionally.
- Switch off the the stove, sprinkle little jaggery/ sugar.
- Paavakai kadalaparrupu fry/ Bittergaurd channa dal fry is ready!! serve with simple sambar , rasam or curd..
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