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Consuming bitter gourd is very beneficial in controlling blood sugar.
Keeping bitter gourd with salt reduces its bitterness.
Stuffed Karela Recipe: Bitter gourd vegetable is very beneficial for health. Bitter gourd is like a panacea for diabetes. If you want to enhance the taste of bitter gourd vegetable, then you can try the recipe of stuffed bitter gourd. Stuffed Bitter Gourd, which is full of nutrition, is also very much liked in terms of taste. Especially those who stay away from bitter gourd thinking it to be bitter, they also eat stuffed bitter gourd vegetable with great relish. Making stuffed bitter gourd is not very difficult and this vegetable can be prepared and eaten at any time for lunch or dinner.
The curry of stuffed bitter gourd does not spoil quickly and it can be prepared by adopting a simple method. If you also want to eat stuffed bitter gourd for lunch or dinner, then you can prepare it very easily with the help of our mentioned recipe. Let’s know the method of making stuffed bitter gourd.
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Ingredients for Stuffed Bitter Gourd
Bitter gourd – 8-10
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
Fennel powder – 2 tsp
Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Dry mango powder – 1 tsp
Oil – 4-5 tbsp
salt – as per taste
Stuffed bitter gourd recipe
To make stuffed bitter gourd vegetable full of taste and nutrition, first wash the bitter gourd thoroughly and then with the help of a knife peel the upper part of the bitter gourd and take it out in a bowl. Keep the peeled bitter gourd separately in a vessel. Now add some salt to the bitter gourd peels and cover them for 15 minutes and keep them aside. After this, take the bitter gourds and rip them from the middle and take out the inside seeds and pulp in a plate. After this, wash the peeled bitter gourd again with water.
Now rub a little salt inside and outside the bitter gourd and keep them aside for half an hour. After the fixed time, wash the bitter gourd once again with water so that the salt applied on the bitter gourd gets removed. Now take bitter gourd peel and wash it with water 2-3 times and then squeeze the water. Now put 1 tbsp oil in the pan and heat it. When the oil becomes hot, add cumin and asafoetida and fry. After a few seconds, add turmeric, coriander powder, fennel powder to the oil and fry while stirring.
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Now add bitter gourd’s pulp, shavings to this spice, mix and sauté. After some time add red chili powder, dry mango powder and salt as per taste and mix. After roasting the mixture for 5 minutes, turn off the gas. Stuffing is ready for filling in bitter gourd. Now take bitter gourd and fill the prepared stuffing by pressing it. Fill all the bitter gourds in the same way with the stuffing.
Now put 3-4 tbsp oil in the pan and heat it. After the oil is hot, put the stuffed bitter gourd in it and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Keep turning the bitter gourd in between. Cook the bitter gourd till it gets roasted well and turns brown. After this turn off the gas. Stuffed Bitter Gourd, full of taste and nutrition, is Banak Rataiya. You can serve them with roti or paratha.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 15, 2023, 19:21 IST