Hagalkayi Sweet Sabji

Hagalkayi (Bitter gourd) is very healthy vegetable but hearing the name itself many people avoids to eat because the answer is bitter but hereafter you can’t say as you don’t like bitter gourd, if you taste this recipe. I prepared in such a way that you feel eating like other sabjis and asks for more and more, cook, eat and feel a different and yummy taste.

Preparation time: 15mins

Cooking time: 25mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

½ kg Hagalkayi (Bitter gourd) 

5tsp Tamarind pulp

1tsp red Chilly powder

3tsp vegetable oil

1tsp Mustard seeds

1tsp Sesame powder

3tsp Jaggery

½ tsp Turmeric powder

3tsp coarsely chopped Coriander leaves 

10 Curry leaves

Salt

Water

Procedure:

1.     Clean Bitter gourd in water, cut in to pieces of 2cm long by removing the inner stuff. Soak it in water with salt and turmeric. After some 10mins using palms squeeze the water from bitter gourd and keep it aside.

2.     Switch on the stove, keep a frying pan to heat.

3.     Add 2tsp of oil and Bitter gourd, fry continuously till bitter gourd turns dark brown and transfer into a plate.

4.     Take the same pan add 1tsp of oil followed by mustard seeds as its splutters add curry leaves and tamarind pulp, stir for 3 mins, then add bitter gourd and fry.

5.     Add salt, red chilly powder, jaggery and sesame powder and fry, you can add little water if the sabji is much thick.

6.     Switch off the stove and add Coriander leaves.

7.     Healthy and yummy Hagalkayi Sweet sabji is ready to eat with chapathi, roti and even with rice also.