Kakarakaya Pachadi / Bitter Gourd Chutney

Ingredients :-

Bitter gourds : 2 medium size

Onions : 2

Tomatoes : 2

Green chillies : 6

Garlic : 3 pods (1+1+1)

Salt : 1/4 tspn + 1/2tspn

Sugar : 1 tspn

Coriander seeds : 2tspns

Sesemam seeds : 1/2tspn

Coconut : 1 Tbspn

Tamarind : black berry size

Coriander leaves : 5 sprigs

Oil : 4 tspns (2+2)

Ingredients For Tempering :-

Oil : 1 tspn

Dry red chillies : 2

Cumin seeds : 1/4 tspn

Mustard seeds : 1/4 tspn

Asafoetida : 1/8 tspn

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Preparation :-

• Chop bitter gourd as fine as possible. Chop onions , tomatoes , green chillies and garlic pods.
• Heat a pan add 2 tspns of oil and when hot add 1 chopped garlic pod.
• Next add finely chopped bitter gourd , add 1/4 tspn salt and fry till golden brown . Then add sugar and fry for 5 more minutes and switch off stove.(Dont worry adding sugar doesnt make your chutney sweet it only reduces the bitterness of bitter gourd)
• Heat another pan and dry fry coriander seeds and sesemam seeds. Once done add green chillies and fry till done . Transfer them into a mixcy container .
• In same pan add 2 tspns oil and when hot add 1 garlic pod , onions and fry till done .
• Then add tomatoes and tamarind and fry till mushy . Switch off stove and let this cool.
• In mixcy container add coconut and 1/2 tspn salt and grind along with the green chilly mixture to a coarse paste .
• Then to the mixcy container add onion tomato mixture , 1 garlic pod and coriander leaves and grind to a chutney consistency without adding water.
• Transfer the grinded chutney to a serving bowl and to this add fried bitter gourd and mix well.
• Make tempering by adding a teaspoon oil and when hot add dry red chillies , cumin and mustard seeds . Then add asafoetida and curry leaves. Switch off stove and pour this tempering on chutney and mix well .
• Serve this with hot rice and ghee.