Suffed Karela (Bitter Guard)

Stuffed karela makes a great side dish to any meal. Karelas have many health benefits including a home remedy for diabetes.

Ingredients:

For the Marinate:

Stuffed Karela

• 6 bitter melon (karela)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 5 tablespoon oil

For the Filling:

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
• 10-12 Whole Red chillies
• 1 tablespoon channa dal
• 3 tablespoon Groundnuts
• 1 tablespoons coriander (dhania)
• Onion – 2 (medium) diced
• Small piece of ginger
• 6-8 cloves of garlic
• Few curry leaves
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 tablespoons of oil for final cooking

Method:

Preparing the Kerala

1. Wash karelas thoroughly.
2. Make each karela into 2 half and remove the seeds.
3. Put Keralas into boiling salt water for 5min.
4. Squeeze out all the water.
5. Deep Fry karelas in oil and keep aside.

Preparing the Filling:

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if the seed cracks right away, the oil is ready.
2. Add the cumin seeds, corriander seeds, ground nuts, red chillies, channa dal and curry leaves to the oil.  Fry for few minutes. Remove it into a blow
3. Put some oil in saucepan and add diced onions, ginger piece and garlic cloves. Fry them till onions become little brown.
4. Remove them also into same bowl. Leave aside for cooling. Add Salt and turmic and make a paste in mixie. Don’t add any water.
5. Stuff the paste in fryed karelas and fry it again in little oil on little flame for 10 min.
6. Take them into serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.