Teasel Gourd Stir Fry / Kantola SUbzi
Delicious and easy teasel gourd recipe. The best recipe ever. This is a no onion and no garlic teasel gourd or kantola recipe.
Servings 4 people
Equipment
- Kadai / wok
Ingredients
- 5 medium sized forest bitter gourd / teasel gourd washed and chopped into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 dry red chilies
- 8-10 curry leaves
- A pinch of asafetida
- 1 tablespoon jaggery grated
- 1 marble sized ball tamarind soaked in water to extract pulp
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 2 tablespoon coconut freshly grated
- To taste salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Heat a kadai or wok and add oil.
- After oil gets heated, add mustard seeds and cover the lid of the kadai.
- When the mustard seeds start to flutter, lower the heat.
- Open the lid of the kadai and add asafetida, curry leaves and dry red chilies.
- Add chopped kantola and stir well.
- Add ½ cup water and simmer.
- After 10 minutes, stir and add tamarind pulp and jaggery and mix well.
- Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and grated coconut and mix well.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- After all water gets absorbed, add salt to taste and switch off the gas.
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Notes
If you want you can add onion to this recipe after the seasoning step.