After a halt at Maharashtra, we now travel to Manipur, which is one of the seven sister states of India. It shares it boundaries with Nagaland, Mizoram, Assam and Burma. From the beginning of the planning for this Blogging Marathon, the seven sister states have posed a great problem to us bloggers. It was so difficult to find authentic recipes and most of them found online were non vegetarian. Manipuris use fish a lot. And their dishes are simple and seasonal.
When I was going through some Manipuri blogs, I came across this simple side dish. I loved the simplicity and the unique combination of bitter gourd and potatoes in this dish. After amking it once, hubby dear and myself loved it so much that when ever I get some bitter gourd, I end up making this. It was a perfect side dish for curd rice. Though the original recipe didn’t have turmeric, I couldn’t skip it. It gives a nice colour to the dish.
Recipe Source: Bachelor Cooking
Ingredients:
Bitter Gourd-2 medium sized
Potato-2 medium sized
Salt-to taste
Oil-2 tbs
Red Chilly Powder-1 tsp
Onion-1
Green Chilly-2
Cumin Seeds-1 tsp
Procedure:
1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.
2. When they splutter add onions and green chillies. Saute until golden.
3. Add the sliced bitter gourd and thinly sliced potatoes.
4. Add salt and red chilly powder and keep on stirring on medium low flame until done.
5. Do not add water or cover the pan to cook. The vegetables must be roasted in oil.
6. When the veggies are done, remove from pan and trasnfer to a serving bowl.
7. Serve it hot with rice..
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Looks really colorful thru your lens. I think i saw the recipe but was wondering if it would taste bitter because of the absence of the sweetener. BTW how does it taste?
The frying part took away most of the bitterness Suma. The slightly bitter taste along with potatoes was awesome..
Bitter gourds are one of my fav..bookmarking ..aNd the dish looks really inviting.
this is an interesting mix !!!!
This dish is completely very easy and interesting, bittergourd kanghou looks fabulous.
Indeed a simple recipe! Even I was wondering how it tasted with out the sweetener. I like bitter gourd and will try this sometime.
Looks super yummy… Love anything with Potato in it.. Following your blog for more wonderful recipes! 🙂
The turmeric did add a nice color to the dish. Such a simple dish with simple spices. Nice.
super delicious looks 🙂 mouthwatering recipe
an easy one and my family would love this
Very colorful and interesting. My husband sure would like this.
colorful and irresistible..
the potatoes are a nice addition, they should offset some of the bitterness of the pavakkai
That is surely something I can try for my bitter gourd loving folks..looks very nicely done!
That is such an interesting combination. I’m going to try this out next time.
looks tasty eventhough I can’t tolerate bitter gourd
We love bittergourd and also potatoes, so i think it will be a hit in my place too!!! Looks tempting!
Such a interesting combo,looks tempting….
We love biitergourd and this looks like a wonderful dish. Incidentally I have a few bittergourds in the fridge. Will be making it tomorrow…
This is awesome. My favourite veggies. 😀 Will grace our table often.