This is the third day of the week long blogging marathon. Bitter Gourd is one of the vegetables many dislike because of its bitter taste. But it is very good for our health. This vatral tastes great. It is so crisp and makes a great accompaniment for curd rice. Important thing is that it will not taste bitter. The procedure is a very easy one. We enjoyed relishing it.
Ingredients:
Bitter Gourd/ Pavakkai-1kg
Sour Curd-1/2lt
Green Chilly-8
Asafoetida-1/2tsp
Salt-2tbs
Procedure:
- Wash and cut bitter gourd into thin slices.
- Boil water, switch off stove and soak the sliced bitter gourd for 1 hour.
- Spread a clean cloth on your terrace and spread the bitter gourd pieces.
- Grind green chillies and asafetida to a smooth paste.
- Add salt and the green chilly paste to curd and mix well.
- In the evening, add the bitter gourd pieces to the curd mixture and let it sit overnight.
- The next day, remove the bitter gourd pieces from the curd and spread on large plates. Keep it on the terrace to dry.
- In evening add the dried pieces to the remaining curd and mix well. Again let it sit overnight.
- The next day, there will be no curd left.
- Dry the bitter gourd pieces in sun for 2-3 days until they are completely dry.
- Store in airtight container.
- Deep fry in hot oil and relish with curd rice.
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Nice to see all traditional recipes gayathri! ungka veedu pakkamaa irunthaa ithellam unga kittave vaangippen! 😉
Adding curd and green chilly is new to me. I guess it may help in mellowing the bitterness. Every year I prepare a batch of these vattals for my vethakuzhambu.
Nice to see different kinds of vatrals gayathri…my mother in law makes this and I relish it so much.
I love the fried ones for curd rice. yummy!
simply love these but had never tried to do them at home…i can have my full meal with this….thnx…
thanks for sharing,gayathri..
My MIL has made this recenlty and sent me a small pack of it..
Nice bitter gourd preparation.. simply loved it.
Yennaku romba pidicha vatral, i want to have some rite now, seriously wish am ur neighbour..
WOW!! my mom used to make them .. they taste great with sambar and rice …
This sounds really interesting Gayathri..
I never knew about bitter gourd vatral. This looks very interesting 🙂
My fav recipe dear.. we call them “Kakara Varugulu”.. urs looks simply perfect and tempting !!
yummy pavakai.. crispy.. 🙂 for the first time pavakai is tempting 🙂
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i love pavakai and the vattals from it are my all time fav, nice recipe !
My all time fav & having the same recipe in my draft for long time.. Will post ti soon..
Used to have store bought ones till now or MIL used to make these ! looks easy to make too ! and hubby loves karela in any form 🙂 Only thing I need to look for a terrace now !! 🙂 LOL !
Gayathri, suma kalakareenga! Naak is ooring verily at all these rare gems – rock on!!!
So traditional… love the preparation..
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THis is good one…for people like me who dont enjoy bitter gourd that much when cooked…I think this is perfect!
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Yummy vattal..love this.
wow wow u hv begun me yet toooo… start… can u send all of the parcel pls…
A guilt free vatral. Looks fabulous!
I can almost taste the crunchy and slightly bitter munchies. I dont think I’ve ever eaten these, but they definitely sound delicious. Good one.
wow….this is my hubby’s fav…looks so crispy and perfect…!!
so crispy and delicious !!
Gayathri, that is an interesting recipe!! Preparation looks similar to dried green chili soaked in butter milk.. I like bitter gourd, despite it’s bitter taste.. Will try this this summer…
Thanks for this. We too dry vegetables and I had no idea that bitter gourds could be used. I will defintely try this.