Stuffed Bittergourd Fry

Ingredients:

• Bittergourd-3 no large or medium
• Sour Buttermilk-1 cup
• Salt-little
• Tamarind-1/2 "
• Turmeric-pinch
• Oil for frying

 Stuffing Powder:

• Whole Dhaniya-1tbsp
• Red chillies or Red ChilliPowder-3no or 1/2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Peanuts-1/4 cup
• Garlic Pods-1 or two 

Seasoning:(Optional)

• Oil-1tbsp
• Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
• Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
• Chanadal-1/2tsp
• Curry leaves-few

Method:

• Clean the Bittergourds with water.
• Do not peel it and (cut in to two halves is optional) .
• Cook this bittergourds in a vessel pouring the sour buttermilk ,little salt ,turmeric & tamarind.
• Let it cook well and keep it aside.
• Meanwhile heat a pan and dry roast all the above stuffing ingredients avoiding the garlic pods.
• Cool down and make a powder in the mixy jar by adding the garlic pods; and keep it aside.
• Now take the cooked bittergourds and cut a slit in to the belly of the karela.
• Fill the belly of the karela with stuffing  and you can tuck the Karela with the thread so that the stuffing does not falls out.
• Heat the pan with oil for the seasoning.
• Add the Mustard seeds,Cumin seeds,chanadal,when they splutters add the curry leaves and turn of the heat.Keep this aside.
• In the same pan ,add oil for frying the stuffed karelas.
• Fry them well untill it changes its color.
• Turn them in the middle of the cook and takecare not to blacken or burn them.
• Remove it and take it on plate remove the thread if tied so and add the seasoning.
• Sprinkle few tablespoons of the reamining stuffing powder and serve it along with rice.

Note:

• Cook the karelas with the sufficient amount of buttermilk or along with the water by adding little salt,turmeric and tamarind.
• Do not over fill the belly of the Karelas with the stuffing powder.