Bitter Gourd Pachady

Bitter Gourd Pachady
Ingredients
Minced bitter gourd ¾ cup
Minced shallots ¼ cup
Grated coconut ½ cup
Green chillis 6 or 8
Oil 1 ½ dsp
Ghee 1 ½ dsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Fried fenugreek powder ¼ tsp
Black gram dhal 1 dsp
Sesame seeds 1 dsp
Cummin seeds ½ tsp
Broken dry chillis 4
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Curd 1 cup
Salt

Method
Smear some salt in the bitter gourd. Crush the green chillis and the mustard first and then grind the coconut well. Squeeze out the bitter gourd from the salt and fry in oil with the shallots. Remove from fire when it is cooked.Fry the black gram dhal, curry leaves, dry chillis in the ghee and later add the cumin seeds, and the powdered fenugreek. Add the ground coconut, sauté well, put the bitter gourd, ½ cup of water and salt to taste and cook till dry. Beat the curds, add to the curry when it gets hot remove from fire.