Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Bitter Gourd and Prawn

Bitter Gourd and Prawn. Halve the bitter gourd lengthwise and remove the seeds. Heat ¼-½ cup oil and sauté ingredients (A) and (B) until fragrant. Bring to a boil and cook until bitter gourd is soft.

These tiny prawns are not easy to come by where I live and get sold out even before I go to the market. My very friendly (and sometimes over priced) Fisher monger calls me whenever they are in. I bought a big batch, which will mostly be converted to a filling for my Prawn Rissoies (recipe coming soon). You can cook Bitter Gourd and Prawn using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Bitter Gourd and Prawn

1. You need 200 gms of prawns.
2. It's 1 of onion.
3. Prepare 3 of green chillies.
4. Prepare 3 of bitter gourds.
5. You need 1/2 spoon of salt.
6. You need 1/2 of turmeric powder.
7. It's 3 spoon of oil.
8. It's 1 cup of water.

The bitter gourd (also known as bitter melon) looks like a cucumber but with ugly gourd-like bumps all over it. As the name implies, this vegetable is a Nutritional Benefits of Bitter Gourd. Bitter gourds are very low in calories but dense with precious nutrients. Bitter gourd, also known as bitter melon, is a vegetable that many people tend to shy away from due to the bitterness.

Bitter Gourd and Prawn step by step

1. Chop onions and chillies and keep it handy. Then cut the bitter gourd in the shape of half moon. Marinate the prawn with salt and turmeric for half an hour..
2. In a pan put oil, once oil heat add chopped onion and chillies. Fry onion for 5 minutes then add bitter gourd and prawns. Then add salt and turmeric powder then mix all together. Keep stirring for few minutes then add water..
3. After adding water, cover the pan and let it cooked for 20 minutes in low to medium flame. Once bitter gourd cooked, dish is ready to serve with hot rice..

While bitter gourd may be off-putting due to their bitter taste, when prepared properly, they make an appealing and nutritious vegetable that can be used in many different dishes. The more mature the bittergourd, the more bitter it is. Young bittergourd should be light green in color and thick, and its seeds are When the bittergourd ripens and matures, it will turn reddish-orange color, and the seeds will become bright orangey. Now we have the pitlai paste, cooked dal, channa, bitter gourd and tamarind extract ready. Now we will proceed to the method.

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