In this article, I’ll share how to prepare bitter gourd pickle easy way. Generally bitter gourd is used to prepare gravy curries and fry curries, but very few people know this bitter gourd pickle.
It is very tasty and people who love spicy food enjoy alot. It tastes same as non veg pickles(for me). It is very easy process every one can make if you can follow the correct measurements.
Health Benefits Of Bitter Gourd
- Bitter gourd is liver friendly and detoxifies.
- It boosts the liver enzymes and is a good cure for a hangover as it reduces alcohol deposits on the liver.
- Regularly eating bittergourd as a part of your daily diet is known to prvent skin ailments like psoriasis and fungal infections like ringworm and athletes foot.
- Drinking bitter gourd juice serves as a healthy way to detox the body
- Bitter melon can be helpful in ridding the body of kidney stones by naturally breaking them down. Bitter melon also reduces the high acid that produces painful kidney stones
- The antimicrobial and antioxidant properties present in karela juice help in treating skin problems, blood disorders, removing toxins from the blood and purifing it.
Now lets start the process of preparing pickle. I am sharing my Youtube video here so it would be easy for you to follow
Ingredients Required
- Bitter Gourd – 1/2kg
- Tamarind – 125gms
- Salt – 125gms
- Raw Red chilli powder – 125gms
- Fenugreek seeds – 2tbsp
- Garlic cloves – 1 full garlic
For Tampering
- Oil – 1/4th litre
- Red chillies – 3
- Chanadal – 2tsp
- Uraddal – 2tsp
- Mustard seeds – 2tsp
- Cumin seeds – 2tsp
- Curry leaves
Procedure
- Clean 1/2kg bitter gourd and dry them properly
- Add 125gms tamarind into a bowl, add water and soak for 20mins
- Chop bitter gourd into round pieces
- Add them into hot oil for deep fry and keep them aside
- Add tampering into same oil after removing fried bitter gourd pieces
- Add red chillies, chanadal, uraddal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and let fry
- Let tampering cool for sometime
- Meanwhile add fenugreek seeds into a heated pan and fry for 2min or till colour changes
- Add fried fenugreek seeds, garlic cloves into a mixi jar and grind to fine paste
- Now add soaked tamarind on the stove and cook for 5min
- Add it to mixi jar and grind to fine paste
- Add salt, raw red chilli powder, grounded paste and grind it to fine paste
- Now add the paste into fried bitter gourd pieces and mix
- Add it to tampering and mix
- Bitter gourd pickle is ready and can be stored for 1yr