Stuffed Bitter gourd

One of the most loved and disliked vegetable. Bitter gourd.  Its bitter and no matter what ever masala we add and cook a small amount of bitterness will be there in this vegetable.  I got very small variety of bitter gourd(Pavakkai) I  stuffed it with a very simple masala and shallow fry.

Stuffed Bitter Gourd 

Ingredients

Bitter gourd - 1/2 kg

potato - 1

onion - 1

mango - a small piece

ginger a small piece

green chilly - 2

coriander powder - 1 tsp

hing a little

jeera powder - 1 tsp

red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

salt as required

Method of Preparation

wash slit and de seed bitter gourd. Peel and finely chop onion, potato, ginger and chilly. Pour a litter oil in a heated pan fry onion, ginger and chilly till onion is translucent add potato and allow it to cook till soft in low flame. Now add other dry masala like jeera, coriander and red chilli powder. Add chopped mango and sauté for another few more minutes. Adjust salt. Off the stove. Carefully stuff this masala into bitter gourd. Use a thin thread to tie each bitter gourd. In a tawa add a little oil place the stuffed bitter gourd and allow it to shallow fry in slow fire. 

Note : To save fuel I have placed the bitter gourd bowl in microwave for about 8 minutes by pouring 2 tbsp oil before placing them on heated tawa. Which ultimately saved a lot of time in making stuffed bitter gourd.