Bitter gourd Kosambari

Ingredients

• Bitter gourd : 4 Nos
• Onion : 3-4 Nos
• Mustard seeds - For tempering
• Coriander seeds : 2-3 spoons
• Chilli Byadagi - According to your taste
• Grated Coconut - 6 spoons
• Cooking oil - 3 spoons
• fenugreek seeds - 1/4 spoon
• urad dal - 1 spoon for tempering
• salt : According to taste
• Tamarind - 1 Small lemon sized
• Curry leaves

Method

1. Chop bitter gourd into small pieces and soak in salt water for overnight( Soaking in salt water is to reduce the bitterness).
2. Next day take out the chopped bitter gourd & remove excess water by squeezing. Keep aside.
3. Chop onions into small pieces and keep aside.
4. Heat 1 spoon of oil in pan, add squeezed bitter gourd & fry till it becomes crispy.Keep aside.
5. Fry Coriander seeds, grated coconut,fenugreek seeds, chilli byadagi in a pan with little oil till fenugreek splits & aroma spreads around.Grind these ingredients with little water, tamarind & required amount of salt till coarse mixture.
6. Now in the same pan, heat 1 spoon of oil, add urad dal, mustard seeds. let mustard seeds splutter, add chopped onions and fry till onion changes its color.
7. Add fried bitter gourd and coarse mixture, mix well.
8. Heat in low flame till the water content evaporates.(It helps to save for 2-3 days without refrigerating)
9. Serve with rice/curd rice.