Recipe: To Try At Home Pavakka Thoran

Recipe: To Try At Home Pavakka Thoran Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pavakka Thoran. Serve with rice and other side-dishes. Pavakka Thoran is uniquely prepared by blending the thinly chopped pavakka pieces with an aromatic coconut mixture and stir fried. Bitter Gourd Stir Fry is a nutritious dish full of vital nutrients required for body.

Here is the recipe for Pavakka Thoran.

In order to reduce the bitterness while preparing Bitter Gourd Thoran, some people rub salt on bitter gourd pieces and squeeze out water from it.

This can help to some extend.

You can have Pavakka Thoran using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pavakka Thoran

1. Prepare 2 of medium size bitter gourd, sliced.

2. You need 2 tbsp of coconut oil.

3. Prepare 1 tsp of mustard seed.

4. You need 1-2 of dry red chilies.

5. You need 1-2 sprig of curry leaves.

6. Prepare 1 of onion, chopped.

7. You need 2-3 of garlic cloves, chopped.

8. You need to taste of salt.

9. You need 1/4 tsp. of turmeric powder.

10. You need 1 cup of fresh grated coconut.

Bitter Gourd is cooked when it is unripe ie; green in golor or just as it turns yellow.

But today's recipe is a combination of bitter gourd with coconut ,with the authentic naadan/Kerala kick to it.

So,without making this vegetable a villain further,let's jump into the recipe.

Let me show you how I make bitter gourd stir fry Kerala style ,pavakka thoran naadan style,Kaipakka upperi.

Pavakka Thoran instructions

1. Add 1 tsp. salt to the bitter gourd and keep aside for 10-15 minutes. Then rinse well and squeeze out all the water. Keep aside..

2. Heat oil in a pan & temper with mustard seeds, red chilies & curry leaves..

3. After it stops spluttering, add bitter gourd, onion, garlic, salt & turmeric powder..

4. Fry on a medium flame till almost done. Add the coconut and continue to fry till the coconut turns brown in colour..

5. Switch off the flame and serve as a side dish with rice or chapattis..

It is good for those who are having diabetics.

Whenever I prepare this dish, my kids wont prefer to eat this, but we adults.

Bitter Gourd Stir Fry Life is not a bed of roses always.

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And I believe that the person who undergoes through the good, bad and tough times has only lived a good life.