• Bitter ground (peeled, sliced) ½ kg
• Split bengal gram (boiled) 1 cup
• Tamarind 1 tbsp
• Oil ½ cup
• Brown onion ½ cup
• Salt as required
• Red chili powder 1½ tsp
• Coriander powder 1½ tsp
• Nigella seeds ½ tsp
• Ginger garlic paste 1½ tsp
• Yogurt ½ cup
• Tamarind pulp 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
• Green chilies (chopped) 4

Scrape the bitter gourd, rub salt and leave for 2 hours.

Then rub bitter gourd and squeeze out all water.

Add sufficient amount of water in cooking pan, add tamarind and bitter gourd, boil for 5 minutes.

Then drain out the water.

Heat up ½ cup oil and fry bitter gourd. Take out fried bitter gourd in a bowl.

In same oil add brown onion with ¼ cup water, and then add salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, nigella seeds, ginger garlic paste and yogurt. Cook about 2-3 minutes.

Now add boiled split Bengal gram, cook 2-3 minutes.

Lastly add tamarind pulp, chopped coriander and green chilies. Serve.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1517 views