Stir Fry Karela

Karela is one vegetable who some love and others hate. Karela has its medicinal qualities and therefore becomes an important part of our diet. There are many ways to take the bitterness out of the vegetable.

Some soak it in salted water before use, others apply salt and then squeeze the juice, many apply or add turmeric to the vegetable but whatever the tricks, a little bitterness does exist and this is the taste of the vegetable and should be enjoyed as Nature proposed it.

This variety of cutting the vegetable in thin slices brought down its bitterness and was also crisp.

Ingredients :

• 250 gms karela peel off the outer skin and slice it fine along with seeds.
• 100 gms potatoes cut into fine slices.
• 1 tsp red chilli powder.
• 1/2 tsp haldi.
• 1tbsp dhania jeera powder.
• 1/2 tsp pepper powder.
• 1 tsp amchur powder.
• 1 tsp sesame seeds.
• 1/2 tsp sugar.
• Oil to shallow fry + for cooking 1 tbsp.

Method :

• Heat oil to shallow fry, fry the potato slices and keep aside.
• Fry the karela slices and keep aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil when hot add sesame seeds put off flame and add all the dry masalas and salt.
• Stir mix the shallow fried vegetables and stir .
• Now put on the flame and on low heat keep stirring the vegetables tii they are fully cooked.

Serve with Roti or Paratha.