Karele ki Sabji – Bitter Gourd Recipe

The bitter gourd vegetable (Karele ki Sabji) is known for its bitterness, but after eating this tangy vegetable, you will start liking this vegetable. You can make bitter gourd vegetables in two ways: Stuffed Bitter gourd and tangy bitter gourd vegetable. Today we are going to tell you the tangy bitter gourd, hope you will like it.

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Ingredients required to make Karela sabji –

Bitter gourd – 5

Oil – 4 tbsp

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Cumin seeds – half a tablespoon

Mango powder – half a table spoon (optional)

Red chili powder – 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder – half a table spoon

Coriander Powder – 2 tbsp

Fennel – 1 tbsp

salt to taste

Method of preparation of bitter gourd –

First, wash and dry the bitter gourd, then remove the footstalk of the bitter gourd and cut it into round thin pieces.

Now heat the oil in the pan, then add cumin and asafetida to it. After the cumin seeds crackle, add chopped bitter gourd pieces, cook the bitter gourd for 5 to 6 minutes.

When the bitter gourd becomes slightly soft then add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and fennel and mix well, now add salt and mango powder to it, cook the bitter gourd well and keep stirring it occasionally.

When the bitter gourd vegetables are cooked properly, turn off the gas.

A delicious bitter gourd vegetable (karele ki sabji) is ready, serve it with roti or paratha.