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Pagarkkai Pitlai (Bittergourd Curry)
Servings Prep Time
4people 10minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Servings Prep Time
4people 10minutes
Cook Time
20minutes
Ingredients
To Roast & Grind
Instructions
  1. Heat a teaspoon of oil in a pan. Add channa dal,black pepper corns and saute for a minute
  2. Once the dal turns golden brown add red chillies,coriander seeds and continue sauteing.
  3. Later add coconut and saute for a minute. Now grind this to a paste by adding little water
  4. Pressure cook toor dal and keep it aside
  5. Clean bittergourd by removing their seeds and chop them into round pieces
  6. In the same pan again heat the remaining oil and add mustard seeds,jeera seeds,curry leaves.Let them splutter.
  7. Add the chopped bitter gourd pieces & saute it for a minute
  8. Add salt,turmeric and 1/4 cup water. Let the bitter gourd get cooked
  9. After 4-5 minutes add tamarind extract, sambar powder. Leave the mixture to boil for 10-12 minutes in low flame
  10. Later add coconut paste,pressure cooked toor dal & boiled chickpeas
  11. Add 1/4 cup water, jaggery,adjust salt and let the pitlai boil for about 10 minutes
  12. Once it starts to thicken turn off the flame & serve pitlai with hot rice
Recipe Notes

I prepared cauliflower pakoda as side dish today along with pitlai. Shall upload step wise pictures for pitlai & the recipe of cauliflower pakoda soon



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