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    Stuffed Bitter Gourd Recipe | Gutti Kakarakaya | Stuffed Karela with Step by Step Recipe

    Published: Jun 20, 2011 · Modified: Oct 13, 2020 by Srivalli · 14 Comments

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    I am not a person who likes Bitter gourd or karela. But when you find that your family likes this vegetable, you will have find different ways to make this frequently. Hubby dear and Athamma loves bitter gourd in any form. I find myself making a saute of this vegetable and I remember that Kakarakayya kura was also quite frequent dish some years ago. I really wonder how and why we stopped making that dish these days.

    This Spicy bitter gourd or stuffed karela recipe that I made a while ago, was surely different and very delicious, if I say it myself. I took it for office and my colleagues liked it very much too.

    If you like Spice Powders, then this Kakarakaya Karam Podi is an excellent to make.

     
     
    Stuffed Karela
    School reopened for the boys today and we felt so bad for them as they had to get up early to get ready. The month long vacation surely had it's effect. I somehow managed to pack them something that they nodded their head, it surely made me realize that I should get some sort of planning to be done.
     
    Step by Step pictures for making Stuffed Karela
     

    Wash and trim the sides

     

    Boil the bitter gourds in a mix of turmeric, curds and salt.

     

    The ingredients for the stuffing. To be ground into paste.

     

    Fry in a non stick pan until done.

     

    It takes 5 - 6 mins for frying the masala.

     

    The cooked bitter gourds are left to cool down.

     

    Remove the seeds inside

     

    Stuff with the masala

     
     Roast the bitter gourds in hot pan again.
     
    Fry these stuffed karela again in oil until it is browned on all sides.

    Spicy bitter guard or stuffed karela recipe

    Ingredients

    For boiling Karela

    Small bitter gourds / Karela - 3 cups (must have been 300 gms)
    Turmeric powder a pinch
    Curds / Yogurt - 1 cups
    Lemon juice - 1 tsp
    Salt a pinch

    For the stuffing

    Roasted Groundnut/ peanuts - 1/4 cup
    Kopra / Dry Coconut - 1/4 cup
    Sesame seeds / Til - 2 tsp
    Whole dry Red chillies - 4
    Salt to taste
    Oil - 3 tsp
    Cumin seeds/ Jeera - 2 tsp
    Garlic - 4 cloves
    Onions - 1 big

    Coriander leaves for garnish

     
     

    Method to prepare:

    To cook the Bitter gourd.

    Wash and trim the Karelas.

    Trim on both sides of Karela without cutting in between.

    Boil them in sour curd adding with salt, lemon juice, turmeric for 5 minutes. Keep it aside for it to cool down. Squeeze out the seeds from inside.

    To make the masala:

    Grind onion, red chillies, groundnuts, sesame seeds, salt, coconut and garlic coarsely.

    Heat a pan with oil and fry the ground paste till it gets fine aromatic flavour. Remove from the oil.

    Stuff the prepared masala in each karela evenly.

    Ensure that each karela is stuffed properly.

    To make the stuffed Karela

    Place them one by one in the same hot oil and fry them on low heat to golden crispy brown.

    Turn them gently without splitting inside masala.

    Garnish with coriander leaves

    This can be served hot with plain rice or with Sambar rice.

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    Stuffed Bitter Gourd Recipe | Gutti Kakarakaya | Stuffed Karela with Step by Step Recipe

    Cuisine Andhra Pradesh
    Dish Type Dry Side Dishes
    Author Srivalli
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    Comments

    1. Archana says

      June 20, 2011 at 1:25 pm

      I love bitter gourd so this definitely something that I will try.Thanks its different from what I follow.

      Reply
    2. Suman Singh says

      June 20, 2011 at 1:48 pm

      Delicious stuffed karela..love the stuffing..never tried with peanuts before..sounds interesting and yummy..thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    3. Priya says

      June 20, 2011 at 1:48 pm

      They looks super delicious and flavourful..

      Reply
    4. Prathibha says

      June 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm

      Even when I was not liking bitter gourd in any other form I used to relish the stuffed bitter gourds..they taste really nice...bitter gourd is a fav veggie @ my place now..we dont get those cute tiny ones here,so we satisfy ourselves wid d big ones.:)

      Reply
    5. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says

      June 20, 2011 at 7:30 pm

      Absolutely love your stuffing 🙂

      Reply
    6. Usha says

      June 20, 2011 at 5:06 pm

      Even I like bitter gourd in any form but don't cook it as much. I end up eating most of it to finish it off.

      Reply
    7. Anonymous says

      June 20, 2011 at 6:21 pm

      vowww!!! looking delicious....and perfect...

      Reply
    8. Divya Vikram says

      June 21, 2011 at 3:17 am

      THough I hate this veggie, I am trying to include this in our diet. This stuffing should help mitigate the bitterness to an extent!

      Reply
    9. The Housewife says

      June 21, 2011 at 7:42 am

      I've never thought of stuffing the karela… this is a nice novel idea to make it more enticing! 🙂

      Reply
    10. Valarmathi Sanjeev says

      June 21, 2011 at 8:01 am

      Wow...this looks absolutely yummy.

      Reply
    11. Jayashree says

      June 21, 2011 at 4:52 am

      I miss these baby bittergourds here.

      Reply
    12. divya says

      June 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm

      looks super gorgeous,wonderful and flavorful fry..

      Reply
    13. Divya Kudua says

      June 22, 2011 at 5:43 am

      Not a big fan of Karela too,but the stuffed gourd looks delicious[has to be my love for stuffed vegetables talking here;)]

      Reply
    14. ? says

      June 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm

      Another recipe for Bitter gourd that sounds delicious.

      Reply

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