Kakarkai Stuffed

Ingredients:
Bitter gourd – 4 Nos
Onion – 1 big
Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
Lemon Juice – 1 teaspoon
Besan flour – 4 tablespoon
Red Chilli powder – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Coriander Powder – 2 teasppon
Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste
Oil – 4 to 5 tablespoon


Method:

1. Wash and make a slit in the middle of the bitter gourd.
2. Remove the seeds and other parts inside the bitter gourd using a share knife.
3. Boil enough water and put the whole slit bitter gourd and allow to cook for two to three minutes.
4. Do not overcook. Otherwise bitter gourds tend to break.
5. Drain the water and cool the bitter gourd.
6. Chop the onion finely.
7. Mix besan, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, jeera powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice and chopped onion together and make a stuffing.
8. Take the bitter gourd and put the above stuffing through the slit.Stuff all the bitter gourd like this.
9. Heat a tawa and grease it with oil.Arrange the bitter gourd on it. Pour oil over it.
10. Keep the flame medium. Cover with a lid. Cook for two to three minutes.Open it and gently turn it and cook other side also.
11. When you see the stuffing firm and bitter gourd is fried well, remove it.

Note: If the bitter gourd is very long, then you can cut it into two and then slit lengthwise. Instead of besan flour, you can also use peanut powder or til powder.