Pavakai Pitlai

Pavakai Pitlai

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Pavakai pitlai is a popular Tamil Nadu dish prepared by cooking bitter gourd with spices in a coconut based gravy. It goes well with plain rice and ghee.

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon Oil
  • 100 grams Pavakkai (Bittergourd), chopped
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 1 tablespoon Gram dal / kadalai paruppu
  • 1/4 cup Toor dal
  • Half a lemon sized Tamarind, soaked in water
  • 1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 Dry red chilly
  • A sprig Curry leaves
  • 2 tablespoons Coconut scraped
  • 1 pinch Hing
  • 2 Dry red chillies
  • 1 teaspoon Gram dal
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds

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