I learnt this delicious kuzhambu /rasam from my MIL.Just like Kazhani kuzhambu , this is also an easy , unique recipe.I usually make pitlai with BG.But this is something different in taste and the procedure.Here comes the recipe with the picture..
INGREDIENTS
- Bittergourd – 1 no (medium size)
- Tamarind – Small gooseberry size
- Salt & water – As needed
To roast & grind :
- Oil – 1 tsp
- Toor dal – 1.5 tsp
- Channa dal- 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 tsp
- Red chilly – 4 -5 nos
- Grated Coconut – 1 tbsp
To temper :
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – few
METHOD
- Slice cut Bittergourd with 1 inch thickness.
- In a pressure cooker , take the bittergourd slices and cook till 1 whistle.
- Take a tsp of oil in a kadai and roast the ingredients given above. Powder it coarsely and set aside.
- In the kadai , heat oil and temper the items given under “to temper”. Now add the tamarind extract , salt , hing and curry leaves.
- Add the cooked bittergourd pieces and allow it to boil for sometime.
- Now mix the coarsely ground powder and boil for 5 mins.
- The mixture should be watery in consistency.
- Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with plain rice & papad.
Bitter gourd rasam its very new to me.
Totally new to me,not a big fan of bitter gourd though!
Thnx for the quick comments dearies 🙂
wonderully done and presented delicious
Thanks for listing benefits of bitter gourd. We need to be reminded of this from time to time as we usually not eat due to bitterness.
Sounds interesting and inviting,
I've come across different versions of rasam but never with bitter gourd — intriguing!
Bittergourd in rasam… A different recipe to me… But ur pic tempts me to make it…
Rasam looks inviting..Its very nice to know about nutritional facts..
Sunanda's Kitchen
Completely different and new rasam for me, cant wait to try..
its a new one to me ……. delicious and lovely pictures…….
Bottle gourd rasam looks perfect.
Wow looks delicious and very tempting.
very new to me !! looks so wonderful and interesting recipe !!
New recipe.A healthy rasam
South Indian Recipes
interesting and I think I will love this..
New for me and looks very interesting ..
Nice flavourful rasam
wow…rasam looks delish!! Love the kitchen clinic section!!
A very different rasam…Will try one day…
sounds interesting and new to me….
looks healthy and delicious 🙂
bitter gourd in rasam sounds nice..never tried..:)
Now I am trying this as early as possible… I have good bittergourds from the green grocer's visit yesterday! I am already loving the recipe.Just waiting to try!
Sure to try this delicious & healthy rasam!!! Very informative post 😉
Prathima Rao
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very different and uniquerecipe. sounds very flavourful
Very healthy recipe Chitra,I will make bitter gourd often.sure will try it…
This is a whole new way of preparing bittergourd… thanks for sharing:)
Reva
This is so unique recipe..new to me..sound delicious..
just a new receipe. thanks for your painstaking effort to write all details.
Oh gosh girl, I am hungry for this!
very new recipe to me … looks delicious ……. glad to follow u ….
I make something like this, but I have not used bitter gourd in it, will try it next time
Love this idea of using pavakkai in rasam. I make pitla with it usually too! Will definitely try this recipe:-)
lovely food… very tempting!!! i will make this one… thanks for sharing your recipe