Ingredients

• Bitter Gourd - 1 lb
• Butter milk (sour) - 1/2 cup
• Tamarind juice - 1 cup
• Onions, chopped - 1/2 cup
• Jaggery - 1 tbsp
• Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Sesame powder - 1 tbsp
• Salt according to taste

How to Make Simple Bitter Gourd Curry

• Cut bitter gourd into 1-inch pieces.
• Take a saucepan, add butter milk and the bitter gourd pieces and boil for 10 minutes. This will help take out the bitterness.
• Take a pan and add some oil. When the oil becomes hot, add cumin seeds.
• Add the chopped onions and fry till they become light brown.
• Add turmeric and ginger-garlic paste and fry them for five more minutes.
• Add tamarind juice and let it boil for some time.
• Add chilli powder, salt, jaggery and bitter gourd pieces.
• Add sesame powder and let it simmer for five minutes.
• Goes well with plain rice.