Bittergourd Pachadi - South Indian recipe
Bittergourd Pachadi is South Indian recipe more famous in Andra Pradesh. This can be served with rice. When you are serving it like a gravy, roasted pappad with be a suitable side dish for rice
Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
Bittergourd - 4
Green chillies - 8
Red chilli - 1
Mustard - 1/4 teaspoon
Urad dhall - 1 teaspoon
Channa dhall - 1 teaspoon
Jaggery - 3 teaspoon
Asafetida - a small pinch
Tamarind paste/extract - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil - 2 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Preparing Method
1. Cut the bittergourd after washing into thin 1" length pieces
2. Heat the oil and fry mustard, asafetida, urad dhall, channa dhall, red chilli, green chilli,
and bittergourd in oil, until the bittergaurd becomes brown
3. Now add salt, tamarind paste and 1 cup of water, and let it cook for few minutes. Now
add jaggery and cook for 5 minutes
You can serve it dry or little gravy for rice



