Stuffed Karela (Stuffed Bitter Gourd) Recipe

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Stuffed Karela (Stuffed Bitter Gourd)
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
197
Calories
Total time
55
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Wash bitter gourds and remove scaly skin with a potato peeler + rub with a little salt + brown sugar. Put aside for 1 hour.
  2. (p.s. make sure not to peel off too much skin - it just shouldn't look green any more).
  3. Heat oil.
  4. Add onions + all spices apart from the tamarind juice.
  5. Sauté. DON’T burn the onions.
  6. When tender, remove from oil and drain the mixture.
  7. Cool.
  8. Rub off excess salt+ sugar mixture from bigger gourds or wash off and pat dry with paper towels.
  9. Make a slit down the bitter gourds lengthwise – remove the seeds + stuffing but don’t discard.
  10. Stuff 1/2 the onion mixture inside + add the seeds (only add very little if you don’t like a very bitter taste- u can also place a little tamarind juice inside each bitter gourd).
  11. Bind by wrapping with thread so no stuffing escapes and fry the karela till golden brown.
  12. In separate pan, add the remaining onion mixture + tamarind juice + a little oil + stuffed bitter gourds.
  13. Cover and simmer 10 minutes Serve.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 196.81 Kcal (824 kJ)
Calories from fat 71.55 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.95g 12%
Sodium 637.03mg 27%
Potassium 1048.21mg 22%
Total Carbs 29.01g 10%
Sugars 14.41g 58%
Dietary Fiber 9.11g 36%
Protein 4.41g 9%
Vitamin C 99.1mg 165%
Iron 0.8mg 5%
Calcium 77.2mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 45.08 Kcal (189 kJ)
Calories from fat 16.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.82g 12%
Sodium 145.91mg 27%
Potassium 240.08mg 22%
Total Carbs 6.64g 10%
Sugars 3.3g 58%
Dietary Fiber 2.09g 36%
Protein 1.01g 9%
Vitamin C 22.7mg 165%
Iron 0.2mg 5%
Calcium 17.7mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.8
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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