Pavakkai Varuval/Spicy Bittergourd Roast

Pavakkai Varuval/Spicy Bittergourd roast - with stepwise pictures. Almost everyone hates paavakkai, me too😅. Because you can do whatever to this vegetable, but it'll never lose its identity ~ bitterness. There are so many tips to remove bitterness in this vegetable. I'll choose my mom's tip. Ofcourse this is not a new one, but some people wouldn'y know this. So i'm sharing this recipe.

Pavakkai Varuval/Spicy Bittergourd roast - Recipe with Stepwise Pictures

Ingredients:

Paavakkai - 5 small
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Sambar powder - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp+1tsp

Method:

Cut the paavakai into thin slices
Soak it in water for 2 mins and rinse well in running water
Now add curd and salt to the pavakkai slices, let it soak for 30 mins
After 3o mins in a kadai , add 2 tbsp oil and add the pavakkai
Fry till it turns crispy
In another kadai add oil and  add the chopped onions and saute well
Then add the tomatoes and saute well
Once it is fried well add to the crispy pavakkai mixture
Add the spice powders and saute till everything mix well and the raw smell goes
Serve tasty pavakkai with rice

With Stepwise Pictures:

Cut the paavakai into thin slices

Soak it in water for 2 mins and rinse well in running water

Now add curd and salt to the pavakkai slices, let it soak for 30 mins

After 3o mins in a kadai , add 2 tbsp oil and add the pavakkai by squeezing it well without curd

Fry till it turns crispy

In another kadai add oil and  add the chopped onions and saute well

Then add the tomatoes and saute well

Once it is fried well add to the crispy pavakkai mixture, Add the spice powders and saute well

Fry till everything mix well and the raw smell goes

Serve tasty pavakkai with rice

Note:
Soak pavakkai in curd and dispose the curd, don't add it to the roast, as it contains full bitterness
Squeeze the curd well before adding it to the kadai