Ingredients

• 6 - bitter gourds
• 5 - red chillies
• 1 tsp - tamarind extract
• 1/2 cup - jaggery.
• Ginger - a little.
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• 2 tbsp - vegetable oil
• 1 tsp - mustard.
• For the powder:
• 1 tbsp - coriander seeds
• 2 tbsp - peanuts
• 1/2 cup - grated coconut
• 1 tsp - cumin seeds

How to Make Hagalkai Gojju

• Roast the ingredients to be ground in a pan in medium flame and powder it and keep aside.
• Take oil in a pan, splutter mustard, add cut bitter gourd and fry till it becomes light golden brown.
• Then add the red chillies, asafoetida, ginger and mix well with the powder.
• Now add the tamarind water, boil till the gravy thickens.
• Add jaggery and boil for another two minutes and remove from heat.