Ingredients

• 1 - karela
• 2 tbsp - check peas, soaked in water overnight and cooked
• 1 tbsp - tur dal
• Salt to taste
• Jaggery - a little
• 1/2 lemon size - tamarind juice
• 1 tsp - rai
• Curry leaves - a few sprigs
• 1 tsp - coconut oil (for vaghar)

How to Make Karela Kootoo

• Cut the karela into small pieces and keep aside with salt sprinkled on it for 1/2 hour.
• Squeeze out the water and wash the karela well till all the bitter taste goes off.
• Cook tuvar dal in a pressure cooker.
• Take the tamarind juice, add jaggery, salt, haldi powder and the karela pieces and boil till the raw smell of the tamarind goes off.
• Roast all ingredients for the masala and add coconut after putting off the gas.
• Grind this masala in the mixie and add along with the boiled chick peas to the boiling mixture.
• Mix well.
• Lastly add cooked dal and mix well.