Friday, October 2, 2009

Pavakka Mezhukkupuratti/ Bitter Gourd Fry

"Menam, menam (venam, want )..."My little imp who is 14 months was pointing his tiny finger to the half cooked bitter gourd in my pan and was jumping into it. I gave him a small piece to quench his curiosity and to my surprise he ate it. He made a funny face at the first bite , but I couldn't make out what he meant by that, since he makes that face whenever he tastes something new. Guess what, he repeated "menam , menam" and had a few spoons of pavakka mezhukkupuratti (Bitter-gourd fry ) as his breakfast :-)
FYI , I cook lunch in the morning on weekdays.

I use Japanese bitter gourd for mezhukkupuratti, instead of the dark green small ones that are available in the Indian grocery stores here. You could buy it from Chinese or Asian grocery stores and they are less bitter than the dark green variety. This goes well with rice and sambar.


pavakka mezhukkupuratti


Ingredients

Bitter gourd(thinly sliced)- 2
Green chillies(sliced lengthwise)-4
Coconut pieces(thengakkothu)- 2Tbsp
Salt
Oil-2Tbsp

Method

1.Heat oil in a pan.
2. Slide in the bitter gourd and other ingredients.
3.Cover the pan with a lid and cook till it is done.
4.Keep the lid open and let the bitter gourd fry.My family likes it to be deep fried :-)

pavakka mezhukkupuratti

Contribitor: Namitha

28 comments:

  1. Nice stir fry with bitter gourd...never tried making it this way...surely look good...thanks for dropping by and hope to c u around more often..take care

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  2. Pavvakka kondu ake ishtamulla oru item idhanu......Mezhukkupuratty looks yummy...

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  3. Mezhukkupuratty nannayitundu...adipoli!!!keep rocking girls...
    Heyy collect your award dear.its waiting in my blog 4 U.

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  4. thanks for visiting and following my blog...your blog is absolutely a treat.good work and keep going

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  5. Thank you all !! Sangeetha, Thanks for the award. That is a great encouragement :-)

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  6. I love pavakka mezhukkupuratti. If my husband does not like something I generally don't cook it at home cos its easier that way. But the only exception is when it comes to pavakka.. I will cook it even if only I am there to eat it.

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  7. Namii..

    Mezhukkupuratti assalayittundu..i love this one with our kerala rice.Nice pic too..

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  8. Nice click Namitha..
    New here... you have a lovely space....

    Bittergourd fry is indeed yumm...

    Do sneak a peek in my blog too when time permits..

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  9. hey namitha, lil milan having pavakka for breakfast! i need to learn a thing or two from him! even at this age this is one veggie i absolutely hate, but now after going thru ur recipe, im tempted to give pavakka one more chance!

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  10. Hats of to you! You are intelligent to understand that how a fresher can cook serious dishes. Atleast you found that someone is fooling with what they cannot do.

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  11. Wow!!! it looks perfect!!!
    One of my Fav!!!

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  12. PAVAKKA MEZHUKKUVARATTY LOOKS SO YUM AND CRISPY..I TOO MAKE SAME WAY,NICE PIC..

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  13. my favourite vegetable...this looks crispy and nice.

    nice pictures too, infact.

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  14. Thank you guys for the wonderful comments :-)

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  16. Hi, Pavakka mezhukupuratthi looks yummuy !! i love this dish.
    Btwn superb photography ,loved it.

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  17. Excellent. Mezhukkupuratty is my favourite too. I think most people like pavakka mezhukkupuratty, though not like thuvaran (or is it only me?). Eee Japanese bitter gourd nammude nattile muzhutha vella pavakka thanneyano? Enikkeppozhum eee karimpacha kaippan pavakkaye kittittullu. Ini srilankan kadelonnu nokkanam!

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  18. Thank you...:-)
    Mathaichan : Japanese pavakka kazhchayil kurachu vyathyasam undu. athinte mullu(?) nammude vella pavakkayude athrem illa. But taste is similar. Hope you will find it in the Srilankan store :-)Think I should have taken a pic...

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  19. I love bitter gourd, very nice picture. Makes me drool!

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  20. pavakka fry luks delicious...my all time fav...really tempting pic!
    u have a delicious blog ...!!!

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  21. One veggie that noone can make me eat!! But after looking at your post, I think you are gonna succeed!!
    Thanks for dropping by! You guys have a great space out there! Following you! :)

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  22. Wow thats my fav too.. looks so yumm and perfectly crispy and sauteed.

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  23. I have been using the green bitter gourds......bought the japanese bitter gourd other day..tried it out too..came out superb.my husband just loves bittergoud....thanks

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  24. Thank you everybody...Nitha..Glad that you tried it.Thank you dear...

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  25. gulmohar,

    thanx for the recipe..i tried it 2day..yummy!!!!!my hubby too liked it.hw will get more recipies of u???

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  26. @abani :thanks for trying out and glad that you and your hubby liked it :-)You could search this space for so many other traditional and other rcipes

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