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Dadranagarhaveli · Breakfast

Bitter Gourd Rice

Traditional 28. Bitter Gourd Rice recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Rice: 80g
• Bitter gourd (thinly sliced): 100g
• Water: 300ml
• Oil: 5ml
• Mustard seeds: ½ tsp (1g)
• Turmeric: ¼ tsp (0.5g)
• Asafoetida: pinch (0.1g)
• Salt: 3g
• Jaggery: 5g (optional, to balance bitterness)

👩‍🍳 How to make Bitter Gourd Rice

1. Salt bitter gourd slices, let sit 10 mins, squeeze lightly.
2. Heat oil, add mustard seeds, asafoetida (30 secs).
3. Add bitter gourd, cook 2 mins.
4. Add rice, turmeric, salt, water.
5. Bring to boil (100°C), reduce to low (65°C), cover, cook 18-20 mins.
6. Visual cue: rice soft, gourd tender.
7. Serve hot.
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