Actually my MIL suggested me to make pitlai in a slightly different way from my usual Pavakkai pitlai recipe. Before making that, I tried this simple and easy stir fry recipe to know the actual taste of midhi pavakkai. As expected, this baby bitter gourd is less bitter when compared with our regular bitter gourd. So you don’t need to remove the bitterness by slicing thinly, soaking in curd and squeezing the water. The quantity of onions and other ingredients we use in this recipe helps to make this stir fry tastes less bitter.
Now lets see how to make this South Indian style Midhi pavakkai poriyal recipe. In this recipe, I have pressure cooked baby bitter gourd before making the stir fry to use less oil. For variations, you can saute the bitter gourd in more oil till it shrinks in size and cooks soft in oil. Ok, now lets see how to make this baby bitter gourd stir fry also known as Karela fry in Hindi and Kakarakaya fry in Telugu with step by step pictures and a video.
Check out my other Bitter gourd recipes below
Bitter gourd Biryani / Pavakkai sadam
Chettinad Bitter gourd puli kuzhambu
Andhra style Kakarakaya pulusu
Karnataka style Hagalakayi gojju
Bitter gourd poriyal with moong dal in a pressure cooker
Bitter gourd poriyal with onion, garlic
Bitter gourd chips with wheat flour
Bitter gourd chips with besan flour
Bengali tetor dal / Bitter gourd dal
Midhi pavakkai poriyal recipe | Baby bitter gourd fry
Midhi pavakkai poriyal recipe | Baby bitter gourd fry for rice
INGREDIENTS
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- Wash and chop the head and tail portion of baby bitter gourd.
- Slit in the middle till half the way and set aside.
- Take them in a pressure cooker along with tamarind water, salt.
- Pressure cook in low flame for 1 whistle. Open the cooker after the steam is released. Drain the excess water and set aside.
- Heat oil and temper mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, onion and saute well.
- Add the cooked bitter gourd pieces, sambar powder, turmeric powder, salt and jaggery. Mix well and cook it for few minutes till onions turn golden in color.
- Switch off the flame and add grated coconut. Mix well and squeeze little lemon juice if needed.
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Note
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Try this easy and yummy Midhi pavakkai poriyal and enjoy with sambar rice or curd rice.
