Servings: 2
Weight Watcher Smart Points: 4
Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Ingredients
- 5-6 medium sized karela/bitter gourd
- ¼ tsp garam masala powder
- ¼ or ½ tsp amchur powder or dry mango powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- salt
- ½ tsp turmeric powder or haldi
Instructions
- Peel the karelas
- Wash them in running water
- Chop them
- You can even slice them
- Remove the seeds.Slice the onions too.In a kadai or pan, heat oil
- Add the chopped or sliced bitter gourds.Saute the bitter gourd on medium heat for 2 minutes
- Lower the flame and saute for 2-3 minutes more.Add the sliced onions.Mix the sliced onions with the bitter gourd.Saute for 2-3 minutes.Now add the turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt.Stir
- Cook the sabzi without any lid for 7-8 minutes till the both the karela and onions are cooked and sauted well
- The onions will become brown
- Keep on stirring in between
- Check the seasoning
- Add more red chili powder or salt if required.When the Karela sabzi is ready, sprinkle the amchur and garam masala powder
- Mix it with the entire sabzi.Garnishing Karela Sabzi with chopped cilantro/coriander leaves is optional.Serve Karela Sabzi with phulkas, parathas and a bowl of fresh plain curd/yoghurt or sweetened curd/yoghurt
- Karela Sabzi also goes very well as a side vegetable dish or accompaniment with the combination of dal rice or kadhi chawal ( punjabi curd kadhi with rice)
