Pavakai Peratal (Karela Masala)

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Ingredients:
13
Serves:
1
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ingredients

  • 5 pavakkai or 5 karela
  • 5 tablespoons coconut, shredded (If you want less use about 3 tbsp.)
  • 7 small onions (can use pearl onion)
  • 1 medium tomatoes (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon khus khus
  • 12 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder (use according to how hot you want the peratal to be)
  • 1 tablespoon coriander powder (I use my Mother in law's mix but can use the ordinary coriander powder)
  • 1 small tamarind pulp
  • 12 teaspoon mustard (for tampering)
  • 6 -10 curry leaves
  • salt
  • 3 tablespoons oil (Health Conscious can use around 1-1/2 tbsp.)
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directions

  • Soak the Tamarind in 1/2 cup warm water.
  • Wash and Cut pavakai into small pieces removing all seeds.
  • Add salt to the pavakai and let it sit for 1/2 hr.
  • Cut small onions and tomato to small pieces.
  • Grind Coconut, Khu Khus and Tamarind in mixer to a smooth paste.
  • Remove the paste from the mixture and add the masala powders and salt to the ground mixture.
  • Make sure you do not add too much salt as pavakai already has some salt in it.
  • Rinse the mixture with 1 cup of water and reserve the liquid.
  • Heat 1 tbsp.
  • oil in kadai.
  • Squeeze water out of the Pavakai and add it to the hot oil.
  • Fry the pavakai till it becomes half done.
  • Remove it from the kadai.
  • Add 2-tbsp.
  • oil to the same kadai.
  • Using sesame oil will enhance the taste.
  • Add mustard to the oil.
  • Once it stops spluttering add curry leaves.
  • Add onions and keep stirring till the onion becomes soft and starts changing colour.
  • Add tomato and stir for 2 min.
  • Add the ground mixture and the reserved liquid from the mixture.
  • Once the masala starts boiling add the pavakai and stir the mixture once.
  • Put a lid and let the pavakai cook.
  • Keep cooking till pavakai is well done and the mixture has a semi solid consistency.
  • This can be used as a side dish or as a main dish to go with plain white rice.

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