Karnataka

Hagalakayi gojju

Name: Hagalakayi gojju
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Karnataka
Ingredients: 2 medium thinly sliced bitter gourd (bitter melon); Salt, to taste; 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); a lemon sized ball tamarind; 1/4 cup grated jaggery; 1 1/2 tbsp sambar powder; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; 2 tbsp fresh grated coconut; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 tsp mustard seeds; a pinch fenugreek seeds; 1 sprig curry leaves; a pinch asafoetida; 1 1/4 cups water

Bitter, sour, sweet and hot in one spoon. The gojju that converts karela sceptics.

35 minTime

2 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Taming the bitter gourd3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayByadgi heavy sambar powder, old tamarind and dark bella.

The original

177kcal

2 gprotein

4 gfibre

35minutes

Hagalakayi gojju as Karnataka homes make it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Bitter gourd (bitter melon)2 medium, thinly sliced

Saltto taste

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Tamarinda lemon sized ball

Jaggery¼ cup, grated

Sambar powder1½ tbsp

Sesame seeds1 tbsp

Fresh grated coconut2 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Mustard seeds½ tsp

Fenugreek seedsa pinch

Curry leaves1 sprig

Asafoetidaa pinch

Water1¼ cups

Method

5 steps

1Rub the bitter gourd slices with a little salt and turmeric and set aside for 15 minutes. Squeeze out the juice.
2Soak tamarind in 1 cup warm water and squeeze out the pulp. Dry roast sesame seeds and grind with coconut to a coarse powder.
3Heat oil, add mustard, fenugreek, curry leaves and asafoetida, then the squeezed bitter gourd. Fry on medium until the edges brown.
4Pour in tamarind water, jaggery, sambar powder, salt and the rest of the water. Simmer until thick.
5Stir in the sesame coconut powder and cook 2 more minutes. Rest before serving.

Serve it like this

Spoon onto hot rice with a little ghee, or serve as a side to chapati.

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Hagalakayi gojju

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