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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a broad heavy pan, pour the oil. | 2. Add the mustard seeds, urad dal, 1 tablespoons. | 3. of curry leaves and fry well. | 4. Add the onions and bittergourd. | 5. Fry for 5 minutes or so till it is reddish in colour. | 6. Add the green chillies, tomatoes and salt to taste. | 7. Fry for another 3 minutes. | 8. In the meantime, fry the ingredients of the masala with 1 tablespoons. | 9. of curry leaves in a wok without oil in low heat. | 10. When the masala becomes red in colour, cool it and make it into a paste by just sprinkling water in a mixer. | 11. Add the ground masala into the pan when the tomatoes are cooked. | 12. Add the tamarind juice, check the salt and add 2 cups of water to the pan. | 13. Cover the pan tightly and simmer on low flame. | 14. After 15-20 minutes, when you open the pan, you will see the oil floating on the vegetable. | 15. Switch off the gas, serve hot with rice/rotis alongwith raita. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bitter melon	4		washed cut	-	-	-	-
tomato	4		ripe chopped	248.2759	55.0525	12.9535	2.1589
onion	3		sliced	192.0	44.832	5.28	0.48
green chilies	2		chopped	179.91	42.5487	8.9955	0.8996
cooking oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
mustard seed	1	teaspoon		10.16	0.5618	0.5216	0.7248
urad dal	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
curry leaf	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
tamarind juice	1/2	cup		71.535	18.4861	0.113	0.1506
salt				-	-	-	-
coconut	1 1/2	cups	grated	581.4	66.1088	3.9908	35.6872
red chilies	7			-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
coriander seed	1	tablespoon		14.9	2.7495	0.6185	0.8885
turmeric powder	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

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