Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Rinse bitter melon. | 2. Trim on both ends as needed and scrape any blemishes or hard skin. | 3. Cut into small rounds. | 4. Heat the oil in a skillet on medium-high heat. | 5. Add karela almost in a single layer; stir and cook until brownish. | 6. Reduce the heat if they tend to burn. | 7. Add the onions, potatoes and all the seasonings; stir until the potatoes are cooked. | 8. Add the tomatoes. | 9. Cook slowly on medium low heat, half covered, stirring as needed, until everything is cooked. | 10. Variation: To make STUFFED KARELA: Mix all the seasonings for stuffing, substituting 1 teaspoon cumin powder for cumin seeds. | 11. Using a paring knife, make a long slit in each karela, from one end to another (leaving two ends and bottom of the pod intact). | 12. Keep the slit open with your thumb and use a spoon to fill the opening with the stuffing. | 13. Stuff all the karela this way. | 14. Cook karela in a wide skillet using 2 tablespoons oil, almost in a single layer, on medium heat. | 15. Stir gently so that stuffing does not come out. | 16. When half cooked, add the onions. | 17. Reduce heat to medium low, cooking slowly, half covered or uncovered, until karela are browned. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bitter melon	1			-	-	-	-
potato	2		peeled cut cooked	-	-	-	-
onion	2		chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
tomato	2		chopped	80.4198	17.3796	3.9316	0.8936
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
turmeric powder	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
red chili powder	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
coriander powder	1 1/2	1/2		8.046	1.4847	0.33399999999999996	0.4798
mango powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.