Kakarakaya Pulusu || Andhra style bitter gourd gravy

 Kakarakaya Pulusu || Andhra style bitter gourd curry with step by step pics and tips. It is very tasty and healthy recipe with less bitterness, its spicy and aromatic. I am not big fan of bitter gourd in my childhood but d't know how it became one of my favorite veggie now 😃😍. We can have this kakarakaya pulusu with rice and roti's. We can prepare this bitter gourd pulusu in different ways --

 1)by deep frying bitter gourd 

2) by shallow frying bitter gourd

3) by cooking bitter gourd directly ..

 Today I am sharing 3rd way by cooking directly with onions & tomatoes. In this way we will feel very little bitter taste, if you d't want to taste bitterness then deep fry bitter gourd pieces. Instead of deep frying I soaked bitter gourd pieces in buttermilk for 30 min, check recipes for more tips. We can adjust this pulusu/ gravy consistency as per your wish. Hubby was on trip so I prepared it bit thick, as I have to finish it by myself . stuffed bitter gourd is my all time favorite recipe which I love to have it as side dish for rasam rice, sambar rice and curd rice. Did you ever tried this kakarakaya podi / bitter gourd podi ?? if not try it once surely you will love it. sanna kakarakaya fry / tiny bitter gourd fry / kasarakaya fry is  Rayalaseema's popular bitter gourd recipe. 

Do check out some bitter gourd recipes, Rasam/ Dal / Kuzhumbu recipes from our  youtube  channel and blog by just clicking below links..

**  stuffed bitter gourd

** kakarakaya podi / bitter gourd podi

** sanna kakarakaya fry / tiny bitter gourd fry /kasarakaya fry 

** Hyderabadi kadhu ka dalcha(youtube link)

**  Lemon Rasam(youtube link)

** Pudina charu / mint rasam

** usirikaya charu/ Amla Rasam

** Udupi saaru / udupi style rasam

** Miriyala Charu / pepper rasam

** Drumstick Rasam

** Sundakkai Vatha Kuzhambu || Usthikaya pulusu

**   Mamidikaya pappu

** Menthi akku pappu  

Event : Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge

Taking this cool cool mango matka kulfi to "Shhhhh Secretly cooking challenge" fb group started by Priya, and taken further till date by Mayuri di, I bookmarked her baked apple to try soon. Do check her space for wonderful recipes. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it.

                                     

This month theme "Fear not the bitter" was suggested by Seema. She suggested to prepare any recipe using bitter ingredients, so I planned this kakarakaya pulusu recipe. I bookmarked her karela ka bartha recipe to try. This month I am paired with "Priya Iyer" who blogs at "thephotowali". She shares healthy recipes from different regions, I bookmarked her latest basil cream sauce pasta to try soon. Priya gave tamarind & jaggery as secret ingredients, in turn I gave methi leaves & turmeric as two secret ingredients.she prepared tasty and delicious methi malai paneer, do check out her space.

                  Kakarakaya Pulusu/ Andhra Bitter gourd gravy  

Preparation time : 20 minutes

Cook Time : 20 minutes

Serves : 2

Category : Dal/Sambar/Rasam/Pulusu/kuzhambu/pulusu

Recipe Cuisine: Andhra 

Main ingredients : Bitter gourd

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Bitter gourd - 2 (medium size)

Onions - 2

Tomatoes -1 (large)

buttermilk - 3 cups 

curry leaves - 1 sprig

coriander leaves - 3 tsp(finely chopped)

dry coconut powder/paste - 1/2 cup

tamarind - small lemon size

jaggery - 1 tsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

red chilli powder - 1 tsp(adjust)

turmeric powder - 1/4 + 1/4 tsp

fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

cumin seeds - 1tsp

garlic - 10 pods

Instructions

1) Take buttermilk in a wide bowl, to this add 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, pinch of salt and mix everything well.

2)Later lightly peel out bitter gourd skin, cut it into rounds. If you feel bitter gourd seeds hard remove it. Then soak bitter gourd pieces in above buttermilk mixture and leave it for 30 minutes.

3) Mean while we will start gravy preparation, grind dry coconut to fine powder and keep it aside. If you are using dry coconut powder skip this step. Soak tamarind in hot water and keep it aside.

4) Heat 3 tsp of oil in a wide pan to this add garlic pods and fry it on low flames. When it starts changing  color add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds. Fry till you get nice aroma.

5) Now add curry leaves, roughly chopped onions fry it on low flames till it changes color. Later add chopped tomatoes and mix it well, cook it for  5 minutes or till tomatoes becomes mushy by closing lid.

6) Meanwhile drain out buttermilk and squeeze buttermilk from bitter gourd. Add bitter gourd pieces in above onion tomatoes mixture and mix everything well. Cook this on low to medium flames till bitter gourd becomes smooth. 

7) Now add tamarind juice in above mixture and mix everything well.

8) Now add jaggery powder and mix everything well. Jaggery cut off  bitterness so d't forgot to add jaggery. 

9) Now add dry coconut powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder and mix everything well.

10) Adjust water according to your consistency and mix well. Finally add finely chopped coriander leaves and cook it on low flames till gravy becomes thick.

That's it our kakarakaya pulusu/ Bitter gourd gravy is ready to serve. Serve it with hot steamed rice, dollop of ghee and papads. 

Tips

** Soaking bitter gourd in butter milk will cut off its bitterness.

** If you want you can deep fry or shallow fry bitter gourd pieces.

** Adjust gravy thickness according to your wish. 

** You can add dry coconut powder or dry coconut paste.

** Jaggery cut off bitterness and gives good taste, so d't skip adding it. 

** Do not use bitter gourd seeds, if they are hard.

Hope you liked this kakarakaya pulusu recipe, do check out other bitter gourd and related recipes from our blog & youtube  channel by just clicking links below pics..

                         kakarakaya podi / bitter gourd podi

                               
                                       stuffed bitter gourd

                sanna kakarakaya fry / tiny bitter gourd fry 

                            Hyderabadi kadhu ka dalcha(youtube link)

                                                            Lemon Rasam(youtube link)

                                                pudina charu / mint rasam

usirikaya charu/ Amla Rasam

Udupi saaru / udupi style rasam

lemon rasam

  Miriyala Charu / pepper rasam

                        Drumstick Rasam

                                

Sundakkai Vatha Kuzhambu || Usthikaya pulusu

                       
                             Mamidikaya pappu

Menthi akku pappu  

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Kakarakaya karam podi, bitter gourd spicy powder, diabetic friendly bitter gourd karam podi

Kakarakaya karam podi - Bitter gourd spicy powder with step by step pics and tips. Kakarakaya karam podi is spicy, less bitter, super tasty and very aromatic. Karakaya in telugu is also called as pavakkai in Tamil, karela in Hindi and hagalakayi in Kannada. Many of us hate bitter gourd to the core i am also one in that once , but you know i changed long back after eating my katsu doddamma bitter gourd curry. This bitter gourd karam podi is for them who hates it, as it is not bitter like curries, so you can have it happily. Taste of this karam podi depends on two things, 1- quantity of ingredients, 2 - how you are frying, so take care of these things.  If you take less quantity of bitter gourd and add other ingredients more (viceversa) then you do not get the perfect taste. This podi is tastes spicy and makes your house very aromatic with its flavors. Trust me this is the best way to start eating bitter gourd. As bitter gourd is very helpful for diabetic patients, boots immune system, lowers bad cholesterol levels. I just love to have this hot steamed rice with dollop of ghee, it also goes well with idli, dosa, upma and other breakfast too. This   stuffed bitter gourd curry is also very tasty check it out.

Taking this healthy kakarakaya karam podi recipe to FoodieMondayBloghop fb groups #231CondimentsMagic theme. Today's theme was suggested by Renu who  blogs at "cookwithrenu". She suggested us to share condiment recipes that lesser known. So i decided to share this recipe, because kids and many of us d't like eating bitter gourd because of its bitter taste. I bookmarked Renu's sprouted wheat flour bread , paush bada recipes to try it soon.Do check her space, you will love it.                                                                              

  

    

           Kakarakaya Karam Podi / Bitter Gourd spicy powder 

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 1 cake

Category : Podi

Recipe Cuisine: Indian 

Main ingredients : Bitter Gourd

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

bitter gourd - 250 gms

coriander seeds - 2 tsp

urad dal - 2 tsp

chana dal - 2 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

cumin seeds / jeera - 1 tsp

fried groundnut seeds - 1 tsp

sesame seeds - 1 tsp(i did not added)

garlic pods - 12

red chillies - 12 adjust

tamarind - small amla size

curry leaves - 1 sprig

jaggery powder - 1/2 tsp

salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Clean bitter gourd under water and tap it with kitchen towel and grate it using grater. Do not peel its skin and do not discard seeds. (**check tips)

2) Add 2 pinches of salt to the grated bitter gourd and keep it aside for 30 minutes and start frying other ingredients.

3) Take a wide and heavy bottomed pan first fry coriander seeds on medium flames when it starts changing color add mustard and cumin seeds fry a second and take it into plate.

4) Now fry urad and chana dal on medium flames till they changes color and take into above plate. If you do not have fried groundnut seeds fry here, if you want to add sesame seeds then fry here.

5) Add some oil in the same pan and fry red chillies, garlic and curry leaves and take it into plate, add fried groundnut seeds and tamarind and let it cool.

6) Now squeeze water from bitter gourd, add 2 tsp of oil in the same pan and fry grated and squeezed bitter gourd on low to medium flames till it changes green to brown color. (** check tips)

7) Let the above cool, grind other fried ingredients coarsely by adding salt. Do not add all red chillies at once, until unless you know about its spicy.

8) Now add fried bitter gourd and jaggery powder and grind it corasley. 

9) After grinding spread podi in plate for some time and store it in airtight container.

That's it very aromatic, healthy, spicy, tasty and diabetic friendly kakarakaya karam podi is ready to serve. Surely try this karam podi at home and make your family healthy.

Tips

** Adjust quantity of ingredients depends on the quantity of bitter gourd you are using.

** Fry all the ingredients in low to medium flames.

** Instead of grating bitter gourd you can also chop it into fine pieces and fry it, but grating bitter gourd will fry evenly and gives good taste.

** Make sure that you fried bitter gourd without any moist, then only we can store it for long time.

** I did not added sesame seeds/ nuvvulu / til you can fry it while frying dals.

** You can skip adding jaggery.

** Instead of garlic you can add hing.

** Keep powder out for some time and then store it in airtight container.


Also check other bitter gourd and other podi recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

           

                                                         stuffed bitter gourd

                   

                                                    sanna kakaraya kaya kura

                    
                                    Milagai Podi / Idli Dosa podi

rasam powder

       Peanut / ground nut powder

              Curry leaf powder

                   Andhra kobbari karam podi

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