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BITTER GOURD IN MILK OF COCONUT

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Recipe Submited By : aravindan
Serves : 2
Difficulty : Hard
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Prepration Time : 10 Minutes
BITTER GOURD IN MILK OF COCONUT
 

 

Bitter gourd is an ideal ayurvedic medicine for diabetes. This is an ayurvedic recipe using bitter gourd and coconut milk

 

Ingredients

Medium sized bitter gourd - 1
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Mustard seed - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Rock salt to taste
Curry Leaves - 6 to 8 sprigs

Directions

Trim the gourd, cut it into 2 and remove the seeds. Slice it thinly. Mix the coconut milk with water to make it thin and keep aside. Boil some water with salt and blanch the bitter gourd in it. Take it out and drain. In a heavy bottomed pot, heat the ghee until it becomes clear.
Add the urad dal and brown mustard seeds to this.Saute till the dal turns golden brown and the mustard seeds start popping. When ready add the groud, turmeric powder, cumin powder and salt. Mix well.
Now to this add the coconut milk. Also crush the curry leaves and add to this. Simmer till heated enough and serve hot.

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Vinay#1Oct 05, 2008 8:10 pm

I've heard about this Bitter Gourd recipe. Its very healthy.

kamal#2Jan 30, 2011 7:01 pm

sorry sir but i dont understand what is bitter gourd.
pls reply about it & the hindi name of the same.

prema#3Jul 11, 2011 4:07 pm

It seems good. I will try it.

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