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Pavakka Piralen

Bitter gourd cooked in tamarind extract and other ingredients to prepare piralen. Pavakka/bitter gourd is highly nutritious.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup Bitter gourd sliced into small pieces, Pavakka
  • 3/4 dsp All purpose flour Maida
  • 3/4 cup Shallots sliced, Kunjulli
  • Tamarind squeeze out pulp by adding water
  • Oil As reqd
  • Salt As reqd

To be ground:

  • 1 dsp Chilly powder
  • 1 dsp Coriander powder
  • 2 nos Shallots Kunjulli
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1/4 tsp Pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Fenugreek powder Uluva
  • 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
  • Turmeric powder A pinch

Instructions
 

  • For preparing pavakka piralen, first make a paste with 3/4 dsp maida, required salt and little water.
  • Smear this paste over the pavakka pieces and marinate for an hour.
  • Squeeze out water from the pavakka pieces and keep aside.
  • Grind the ingredients to be ground: chilly powder, coriander, shallots, garlic, pepper, fenugreek powder, cumin seeds and turmeric powder to a fine paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry the ground masala well. Add the squeezed pavakka pieces and sliced shallots. Saute till pavakka pieces are almost cooked.
  • Add tamarind pulp, required salt and little water. Allow the curry to boil and then simmer in low heat by covering with a lid.
  • When the pavakka piralen becomes thick, remove from fire.
  • Pavakka piralen, a highly nutritious recipe is ready.
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