Recipe of Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry in 22 Minutes for Young Wife

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, sri lankan forest bittergourd curry. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Sri Lankan Style Bitter Gourd Curry. written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi If you are looking for a Sri Lankan style diabetic recipes, add this bitter gourd recipe for your recipe list. Bitter Gourd Masala Curry ❤ Healthy Village Food by Grandma Bitter gourd curry or 'Pavakkai Kulambu' (in Tamil) is one of the well-known dishes in Sri Lanka.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook sri lankan forest bittergourd curry using 28 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:

1. Prepare For Srilankan Curry Powder-
2. Take 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds
3. Prepare 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
4. Make ready 2 tsp Black Peppercorns
5. Get 2 tsp Split Pigeon Peas/Toordal
6. Get 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
7. Take 1/2 tsp Aniseeds
8. Take 10 Cloves
9. Take 4 Green Cardamom Pods
10. Take To Marinate-
11. Prepare 200 g Forest Bittergourd/Spiky Gourd/Kantola/Thumbs Karavilla
12. Get 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
13. Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
14. Take 1/4 tsp Asafoetida Powder/Hing
15. Prepare 1 tbsp Sri Lankan Curry Powder
16. Prepare 2 tsp Salt
17. Prepare To Season
18. Prepare 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
19. Prepare 3/4 tsp Mustard
20. Get 1 inch Cinnamon
21. Make ready 1 Cardamom Pods
22. Make ready 2 Cloves
23. Make ready few Curry Leaves
24. Take 1 Medium Sized Tomato(Finely Chopped)
25. Get 1 tbsp Tamarind(Soak in 1/2 cup hot water & extract the pulp)
26. Make ready 1/2 tsp Jaggery
27. Take 1 cup Thick Coconut Milk
28. Make ready 1 tsp Kewra water/Pandan Leaves Water

It's quintessential comfort food for K and myself, and we are instantly reminded of Sri Lanka, of our childhood, of home, of full and comforting meals, every time. This is a typical Sri Lankan style of bitter gourd sambol, which is great to eat with any meal as a side. Mix the sliced onion, tomato and green chili together in a bowl. Classic Sri Lankan fish curry is similar to chicken curry with the greatest difference being that it's quite a bit juicier due to the addition of coconut milk.

Steps to make Sri Lankan Forest Bittergourd Curry:

1. Dry roast all the ingredients mentioned under the head "Sri Lankan Curry Powder".
2. Grind into a fine powder.
3. Chop the Forest Bittergourds. No need to peel the skin or deseed.
4. Add all the spice powders mentioned under the head "To marinate".
5. Coat the bittergourds with the spices. Allow it to marinate for 30 mins.
6. Heat oil. Add in mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves & curry leaves. Saute
7. Put in chopped tomato & marinated Forest Bitter gourds.
8. Saute on high flame to 3 mins.
9. Add a few tsp water. Cover & cook for 5 mins on low flame.
10. Pour in tamarind pulp & coconut milk. Add jaggery.
11. Cook covered on medium flame for 10 mins.
12. Uncover. Mix in the Kewra water.
13. Offer Sri Lankan Thumba Karavilla Curry to Lord Sri Krishna along with Steamed Rice.

Dhal curry is almost as important as rice in every Sri Lankan home. Sri Lankan Forest Monks' Tradition claims a long history. As the oldest Theravada Buddhist country in the world, several forest traditions and lineages had been existed, disappeared and re-emerged circularly in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan people are very passionate about their food and the culture around it. From my perspective, they seemed especially connected to the earth and the Its a Awesome Place.

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