How to make bitter gourd/ uchhe chhorchori recipe
We are very reluctant to take this vegetable due to it’s bitter taste, but we Bengalis are loving to take this recipe starting with hot rice. Bitter gourd, potato and drumsticks are mixed with hot mustard sauce in an oven and this is How to make bitter gourd/ uchhe chhorchori recipe.
| Prep time 5 mins |
Cook time 15 mins |
Total time 20 mins |
Ingredients of uchhe chhorchori recipe
- Drumstick-06 bigger and thicker size(cut into 1.5 inch )
- Potatoes –two big (sliced)
- Bitter gourd-4 medium size (sliced)
- Oil -02 tspoon
- panch phoron-1/2 t spoon (It comprises mouri (fennel seeds), methi (fenugreek seeds), kaalo jeere (black cumin seeds), zeera(cumin seeds), and a typically Bengali spice, called radhuni)
- Mustard -03 tspoon
- Turmeric powder ½ tspoon
- Poppy seeds –o2 tspoon
- Green chili-01
- Red chili-01
- Ginger -01 tspoon paste
- Salt to taste
How to make bitter gourd/ uchhe chhorchori recipe
- In a pan, heat oil, temper with panchphoron and red chili.
- Then add the vegetables which had been cut already in a slice and cook for 5 minutes then add salt & water and cover the lid to boil the vegetables for about five minutes.
- By the time take a blender put poppy seeds ginger, mustard seeds and turmeric powder, make a smooth paste.
- Now uncover the lid and add the mustard and poppy seeds paste and cook for another two to three minutes ensuring that all vegetables are boiled properly.
- Take out from the burner and serve with steam rice with other curries and dals.
