Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, bharwan keema karela (stuffed bittergourd). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have bharwan keema karela (stuffed bittergourd) using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bharwan Keema Karela (Stuffed Bittergourd):
- Prepare 8-10 small size bitter gourds
- Prepare 200 gms chicken mince, washed & drained
- Take 1/4 cup green peas
- Take 5 tbsp. oil
- Take 1 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- Make ready 1 tsp. tomato paste
- Get to taste salt
- Make ready 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- Take 1 tbsp. red chilli powder
- Get 1 tbsp. coriander powder
- Prepare 1 tsp. cumin powder
- Get 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
- Get 1 tsp. ghee
- Prepare 1 tbsp. fresh coriander leaves, chopped
Stuffed Bitter Gourd or Bharwan Karela as it is called in Northern India is one of the most loved dishes, the recipe for which is different in every household. This recipe of Bharwan Karela has been in the family for generations. Passed on to me by my mother, and she was taught by her mother. Wash all the karelas (bitter gourds) well with water as we are going to clean the top part, sort of zest the karela and use the zest of karela for stuffing.
Instructions to make Bharwan Keema Karela (Stuffed Bittergourd):
- Scrape the bitter gourds, make a slit and discard the seeds. Apply some salt to the bitter gourd and also to the scraped pieces and leave aside for an hour. Rinse well and squeeze off excess water. Keep aside.
- Make a paste with ginger-garlic, tomato paste, all the dry spices and some water. Keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and saute the scraped pieces along with a pinc of salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Keep aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp. oil and stir fry the onions till light brown. Add the prepared paste & mix well. Saute till the oil separates.
- Add the mince and mix to combine well. Add the green peas and cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the sauteed scraped bitter gourd, cover & cook till the moisture is all absorbed.
- When done, add ghee & coriander leaves. Give it a stir and set aside to cool.
- Stuff the slit bitter gourds with the prepared keema & tie with a thread. Heat remaining oil in a pan and arrange the stuffed bitter gourds. Cover and cook till it is nicely fried on both sides.
- Transfer to a serving plate and serve along with remaining keema. It can also be relished with plain steamed rice, jeera rice, plain biryani, pulao or an type of Indian bread.
Then using a vegetable peeler, peel the bumpy top part and collect in a bowl. Once done with all of them, add ½ tsp salt to this and mix and cover. Bharwa karela is a popular stuffed bitter gourd recipe from the North Indian Cuisine. This classic Indian recipe of bitter gourd stuffed with spice powders and sauteed with caramelized onions is made in Punjabi Households. Stuffed bitter gourd (Bharwan Karela recipe) Take bitter gourd through a strainer (forged utensils) and wash well with running water.
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