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Kaju karela Sabji

Kaju Karela Sabji- sweet and sour bitter gourd stir fried with cashew raisins and few basic spices
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Dinner Recipes, Main Course, Side Dish, Tiffin recipes, Travel Food
Cuisine: Gujarati Cuisine, North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: aloo karela, bitter gourd, bitter melon, kaju karela, karela, karela bhujiya
Servings: 4 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Equipment

  • pressure pan

Ingredients

  • 250 gm Bitter Gourd / Karela
  • 2 medium Potatoes / Aloo optional
  • 1/2 cup Cashew Nuts / Kaju
  • 2 tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
  • 5 Green chilies/Hari Mirch
  • Salt / Namak
  • 1.5 tbsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
  • 1/3 Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 2 tbsp Thick tamarind pulp or lemon juice
  • 2.5 tbsp Sugar or jaggery

tempering/ tadka

  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 2 tbsp White sesame seeds /til
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 3 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee

Instructions

  • Wash and lightly peel the karela skin.
  • Cut into thin strips and then add salt in the pieces and keep covered for 10-15 minute.
  • Till now karelas will release its bitter juices , drain the juice and wash them thrice and squeeze the water completely.
  • Peel potatoes and cut into slices similar to karela slices.(Addition of potatoes is optional, you can make it with only karelas)
  • Sprinkle 2 tbsp gram flour, pinch salt and 1/2 tsp chili powder on the karela slices and mix well.
  • Heat enough oil in a pan and deep fry the karela slices in it and fry the karela slices till light golden in color then drain and keep aside.
  • Now add potato slices and fry till golden in color and then drain and keep aside.
    Now add few slit green chilies and fry for a minute, drain and keep aside.
  • Add the Cashew slices and fry on medium heat till done. drain out and keep aside.
  • Now remove the extra oil from the pan and keep just 3 tbsp oil in it.
  • Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and asafoetida. when cumin start crackling then add the sesame seeds and raisins in it and saute for few seconds.
  • When sesame seeds start crackling then add the fried potatoes, karela and green chilies, fried cashews ,fried raisins in the pan and then switch off the heat for a minute.
  • Add turmeric, salt, coriander powder, chili powder in the fried vegetables and mix well.
  • Now add grated jaggery and tamarind pulp or lemon juice and mix.
  • Switch on the heat and cook for 2-3 minute on medium heat.
  • kaju karela sabji is ready now so switch off the heat.
  • Enjoy kaju karela shaak with poori , Aloo shaak and aamras.