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Lakshadweep · Breakfast

Bitter Gourd Rice

Traditional 47. Bitter Gourd Rice recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Cooked rice: 200g
• Bitter gourd: 100g, thinly sliced, soaked in salt water 15 min (to reduce bitterness)
• Onion: 0.5 small (30g), minced
• Turmeric: 0.25g
• Chili powder: 1g
• Coconut oil: 15ml
• Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
• Curry leaves: 8 leaves
• Salt: 3g

👩‍🍳 How to make Bitter Gourd Rice

1. Drain soaked bitter gourd slices, squeeze out excess water.
2. Heat oil (170°C), add mustard seeds (crackle 10 sec).
3. Add curry leaves, fry 15 sec.
4. Add onion, cook 1 min.
5. Add bitter gourd slices, cook 3-4 min stirring occasionally until crispy at edges and bitter taste reduces.
6. Add turmeric and chili powder, stir for 20 sec.
7. Add rice, fold for 1 min. Add salt. Visual cue: Bitter gourd edges crispy, rice grains separate, slight bitter-spicy aroma balanced.
8. Serve hot.
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