Recipe: Tasty Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry

Recipe: Tasty Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry. Pavakkai Varuval - Crispy Bitter Gourd Stir Fry - Bitter Gourd Stir Fry - Varutha Pagarkai - Indian Bitter Gourd Stir Fry - is a slightly crispy, crunchy , spicy version of bitter gourd stir fry. This is one of the favorites at home, yes you heard it RIGHT! favorite it is :-) if made this way no one ever realize that they are eating bitter gourd and happily go for second or third serve! Bitter gourd stir fry / Pavakkai varuval , is the simple and healthy side dish for rice.

Some people might have avoided this vegetable and refused to taste it, because afraid of its bitterness, but believe me it's worth to try 🙂 So once in a while or weekly once I prefer to cook this vegetable either in gravy form or stir fries.

Take a bowl add the Pavakkai/Bitter Gourd, rice flour, gram flour, red chili powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and tamarind water.

Heat the oil, add the Pavakkai/Bitter Gourd (add few slices at a time.

You can cook Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry

1. Prepare of Pavakkai Bitter gourd /.

2. It’s of Red chilli powder.

3. Prepare of Water.

4. Prepare of Salt.

5. It’s of Oil.

You have to fry it in different batches) and make sure doesn't stick with each other.

This is a common fry in Tamilnadu and the procedure I have incorporated leaves my recipe to stand away from the crowd.

Though the bitter gourd has its unique taste still it is altered to have a sweet punch with only the addition of onions and tomatoes.

Bitter gourd is mostly made at my place in the form of curry.

Pavakka varuval / Bitter gourd fry step by step

1. Cut the Pavakkai / Bitter gourd into small cubes, boil it water and salt until soft..

2. Drain the water and transfer to a plate. Dry it in sunlight (2-3 days)until it loses all the water and become hard..

3. Once dried, you can store it in a air tight container for months. Please note that 2kg bitter gourd once dried yields only a cup, however when fried, you will get twice the quantity..

4. Heat oil in a pan, add the dried Pavakkai / Bitter gourd, add pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon red chilli powder. Fry it for 1 min in low fire..

In this recipe, the bitter gourd pieces are cooked in a tamarind and spicy coconut sauce.

The spices added masks the bitterness of bitter gourd and makes it delicious even to bitter gourd haters.

I am sure after savouring this dish, you will add this tasty dish to your "like" list.

Kakarakaya Vepudu, Karela Fry Bhaji, Pavakkai Varuval.

Kakarakaya (Bitter Gourd, Karela, Pavakka) is one of those vegetables that people either love or hate.