How to easily make a 'Bharwa Karela' masala recipe? | How to cook 'Stuffed Bitter Gourd' & prepare its' spice? |

'Bharwa Karela' or Stuffed Bitter Gourd recipe.

Bitter Gourd recipe
Bharwa Karela

  • Karela Or Bitter Gourd is green in color, with a green surface.
  • Karela has been cultivated in India for so many years. 
  • Karela is a unique vegetable fruit that is used as medicine and food.
  • Karela is the most bitter among all vegetables.
  • Karela can be used as a juice, like food, or added with others fruits or vegetables.

Yields

Servings.

 

Prepare Time 

10mins.

Cooking Time

25mins.

Total Time

35 mins.

How to easily make a 'Bharwa Karela' masala recipe?

INGREDIENTS

1

250 gm

Karela (Bitter Gourd)

2

2 tbsp

Vegetable Oil

3

2 tsp

Green Chili Paste

4

1 tsp

Hot Spices Powder

5

1 tsp

Dried Turmeric Powder

6

2 tsp

Spice Seed Powder

7

1½ tsp

Salt or as required

8

2 tbsp

Coriander Leaves

9

3 tsp

Gram Flour

10

5 nos.

Garlic Cloves

11

50 gm

Peanuts

12

2 tsp

Sesame Seeds(til)

13

3 tsp

Jaggery(Gur)

14

1 tsp

Fennel (Saunph)

15

2 tsp

Grated Coconut(Kaddu Kas)

DIRECTIONS:-

(A). Preparation For the 'Stuffed Bitter Gourd' recipe.

Cut Karela’s stalks from the top and also a little cut at the bottom to remove unnecessary parts.

Karela masala recipe

Slit Karela lengthwise to remove seeds inside from it.

Scrape off the rough surface of the Karela & slit it lengthwise on one side, as shown in the picture.

Now remove all seeds inside from its body as shown in the picture.
Wash all pieces of karela and put them aside for five minutes sprinkling a little bit of salt.

(B). How to cook 'Stuffed Bitter Gourd' & prepare its' spice?

STEP1

Now put the cooker on gas and put ½ glass of pure water into it and start the gas on high flame. After heating water put all Karela into the cooker and then cover the cooker with its lid. Pressure cook for 2 whistles at high flame. Then Switch off the flame. 

STEP2

During this period of time start making Karela Masala for making 'Bharwa Karela'.

How to prepare Masala For stuffed bitter gourd?

Put one nonstick pan on medium gas flame and start to sauté gram flour and continuously stirring gram flour till its raw smell is gone. Then take it aside in a small vessel.

Then sauté peanuts by putting little oil in a pan and grind them properly in the grinder.

STEP3

Again put little oil in a pan and after heating oil on medium gas put gram flour and mix peanuts paste with gram flour.

Now add all remaining ingredients to the pan and stir it for two minutes. (Mix half of coriander leaves only).

Turn off the gas.

Take out all these masalas in one separate vessel and let it cold.

STEP4

During this period of time, almost the pressure of the cooker settles down on its own, open the lid & you will find the softness of Karela. As shown picture. Take all Karela in a separate vessel.

 
Boiled Karela for making 'stuffed bitter gourd'

Filled ready masala into boiled bitter gourd called stuffed bitter gourd.
Fill these masalas with little pressure, into cut karela one by one, and keep it aside. As shown in the picture.

STEP5

Put the remaining oil in the same non-stick pan and start the gas again.

After heating the oil put one by one, all 'Stuffed Karela' (Karela's Ravaiyas) into the pan carefully one beside the other.

After that cover the pan with its’ lid.

After two minutes open the lid and turn all karela one by one in a very careful manner otherwise Karela is stuck with a pan & opened up.

Likewise, turn the remaining sides of Karela after every two minutes as mentioned above. So that all karela and its all sides are cooked nicely.

Then open up the lid and sprinkle the remaining coriander leaves and cover the pan again.

After that turn off the gas and not open its lid before 2 minutes.

Now, this veggie is ready to serve.

'Stuffed Bitter Gourd' is ready to serve.

Pro Tips:- For 'Bharwa Karela' masala recipe:

  • This healthier 'Bharwa Karela' is a very delicious veggie that becomes tastier to eat with Roti(round bread) or Rotala(thick round bread) in the monsoon season.

Hope you liked this recipe and this food- 'Bharwa Karela' masala recipe, is one of the best healthier food.

Thank You.

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