Bitter gourd salad

 

 Bitter gourd is a vegetable that many people would not prefer as its bitter and doesn’t taste that great. Specially try giving it to kids 😊 Me n my hubby loves bitter gourd when its fried. Even I don’t like it in gravy.

 

 I remember my mom making this when we were kids and we didn’t like it much, but I slowly started enjoying it. My mum is one of the most amazing cooks in her family. Even her sister (my aunt) is a good cook. When you go home, to Sri Lanka and when they make you a proper Sri Lankan meal its heaven on earth.

 

 Bitter gourd has many names to it like, bitter melon, karela, karavila etc.  and its widely used in Asian countries in different dishes and it has its own health benefits.

 This is a simple salad that you can use in your daily meal. It’s a Sri Lankan style salad. Even the Keralite’s making it like this may be few ingredients will differ.

         

             You will need

•          2 bitter gourds
•         Oil for deep fry
•         1 medium size onion
•         1 medium size tomato
•         1 tbsp lemon juice
•         1 tbsp pepper powder
•         1 tsp salt
•       2 green chillies chopped into small

 

      1.   When you cut the bitter gourd immerse them in salt water and then drain out the excess water by squeezing it out.

      2.  Deep fry the bitter gourd till golden and crispy. Do not over fry it.

     3.   In a bowl add the onions and green chillies, and once bitter gourd is fried keep adding them into the bowl. In this way even the onions get soaked in the oil and taste good.

    4.   Once it’s done add pepper powder, lemon juice, tomato, salt and mix well.

 

  Its always better to serve this immediately as it tastes better and fresh as the bitter gourd will be crispy at this point.