Bitter Gourd Coconut Milk Curry

Bitter Gourd Coconut Milk Curry
Ingredients
Bitter gourd 250 gms
Shallots 1 cup
Green chillis 10
Tomato pieces ½ cup
Curry leaves 1 stalk
Mustard 1 tsp
Turmeric & chilly powder 1 tsp each
Fenugreek ¾ tsp
Oil ¼ cup
Grated coconut 2 cups
Tamarind 2 cups
Salt 1 ½ tsp

Method
Cut the bitter gourd into thin slices and the shallots into thick slices. Draw 1st and second milk from the coconut with ½ and 1 ½ cups of water each. Mix the tamarind in the second milk and strain.After crackling the mustard, fenugreek and the curry leaves in the oil, sauté the vegetable and the shallot well. When the shallot is partially cooked add the turmeric and chilly powder and later the tomatoes. When it dries up, add the slit chillis, 2nd milk and salt to taste. Put the lid on and cook on a slow fire. Right at the end, mix the first milk and remove from fire when it boils just one.