Kakarakaya /Bittergourd/Karela Podi

 Hai friends today I am coming with yummy and tasty recipe called "Kakarakaya Podi".This is very unique recipe. This i saw in one group and give a try. It came out so good. This doesn't taste bitter. Even kids can eat too without any complaining. But this taste little spicy. If we enjoy spicy we will love it. This goes well with hot steamed rice. We enjoyed this podi with idly and dosa. Ok lets go the recipe

Ingredients:

Kakarakaya/Karela/Bitter gourd-1 lb(1/2 kg)

Ground nuts-2 tsp

Chana dal-2 tsp

Urad dal-2 tsp

Dhaniyalu/coriander seeds-2 tsp

Jeera-1 tsp

Sesame seeds/Nuvvulu-1 tsp

Tamarind-small lemon size

Salt to taste

Dry red chillies-10 to 12

Curry leaves-1 cup

Turmeric little

Oil-2 tsp

Preparations:

Clean well the bitter gourd and cut it into chunks.

Later add the chunks in the chopper(We can grate or we can grind to coarse podi)

Take the chopped kakarakaya in the bowl and add turmeric and salt

Mix it well

Cover the mixture and marinate this for 15 minutes.

After that take some and squeeze to come out water.

In the pan Add some oil and heat it. Add the chopped kakarakaya and fry in low heat till it comes crispy

It takes  30 minutes to fry

Make it cool and keep it aside.

Now in another pan add the ground nuts and fry in low heat

After some time add rest of the ingredients  and fry in low heat

Transfer in another plate

Now in same pan add the dry red chilies and fry it in low heat

After some time add the curry leaves  and fry in low heat

Transfer to the plate and make it cool

Now make it cool

Add the chillies nuts, dals,tamarind  and curry leaves in the blender.Blend to coarse powder

Add salt too

Blend it.

Now add the fried kakarakaya and blend to powder

Blend to powder.

Store in Dry jar.

Serve it with hot steamed rice