Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry
Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook sri lankan forest bittergourd curry using 28 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:
  1. Make ready For Srilankan Curry Powder-
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
  3. Make ready 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  4. Prepare 2 tsp Black Peppercorns
  5. Get 2 tsp Split Pigeon Peas/Toordal
  6. Make ready 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Aniseeds
  8. Get 10 Cloves
  9. Make ready 4 Green Cardamom Pods
  10. Make ready To Marinate-
  11. Prepare 200 g Forest Bittergourd/Spiky Gourd/Kantola/Thumbs Karavilla
  12. Prepare 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
  13. Make ready 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  14. Take 1/4 tsp Asafoetida Powder/Hing
  15. Get 1 tbsp Sri Lankan Curry Powder
  16. Take 2 tsp Salt
  17. Take To Season
  18. Prepare 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
  19. Prepare 3/4 tsp Mustard
  20. Prepare 1 inch Cinnamon
  21. Take 1 Cardamom Pods
  22. Make ready 2 Cloves
  23. Prepare few Curry Leaves
  24. Make ready 1 Medium Sized Tomato(Finely Chopped)
  25. Prepare 1 tbsp Tamarind(Soak in 1/2 cup hot water & extract the pulp)
  26. Make ready 1/2 tsp Jaggery
  27. Get 1 cup Thick Coconut Milk
  28. Take 1 tsp Kewra water/Pandan Leaves Water
Steps to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:
  1. Dry roast all the ingredients mentioned under the head "Sri Lankan Curry Powder".
  2. Grind into a fine powder.
  3. Chop the Forest Bittergourds. No need to peel the skin or deseed.
  4. Add all the spice powders mentioned under the head "To marinate".
  5. Coat the bittergourds with the spices. Allow it to marinate for 30 mins.
  6. Heat oil. Add in mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves & curry leaves. Saute
  7. Put in chopped tomato & marinated Forest Bitter gourds.
  8. Saute on high flame to 3 mins.
  9. Add a few tsp water. Cover & cook for 5 mins on low flame.
  10. Pour in tamarind pulp & coconut milk. Add jaggery.
  11. Cook covered on medium flame for 10 mins.
  12. Uncover. Mix in the Kewra water.
  13. Offer Sri Lankan Thumba Karavilla Curry to Lord Sri Krishna along with Steamed Rice.

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