Bitter Gourd Pickle

Ingredients	Measurements	Cups	Tablespoons
Bitter gourd	1  kg	-	-
Mustard seeds	-	1	-
Fenugreek	-	-	3
Garlic cloves	-	½	-
Tamarind pulp	-	1	-
Red chilli powder	As required	1	-
Salt	As per taste	-	-
Water	-	2	-
Oil	-	4	-

Instructions to prepare Bitter Gourd Pickle:

Step 1: Firstly wash the bitter gourd and wipe off with an absorbent cloth and chop into round shape set aside.

Step 2: Dry fry the mustard for about 5 minutes in normal flame and set aside in the same pan roast the fenugreek till the aroma goes off and change the colour then keep aside.

Step 3: Take a pan pour oil add sliced bitter gourd fry till it turns the  golden brown then  transfer into a bowl keep aside.

Step 4: Take another pan add tamarind pulp and 2 cups of water cook till it become a thick paste.

Step 5: Now take a mixer add dry roasted mustard and fenugreek grind it well and prepare a fine powder transfer the powder into a bowl. Set aside.

Step 6:  Meanwhile take the garlic cloves and remove the peel.

Step 7: Take a large bowl add fried bitter gourd cubes, chilli powder, garlic cloves, prepared mustard and fenugreek powder mix it well then add boiled tamarind pulp and required quantity of salt as per taste, pour oil and mix it well. (If needed add some more oil to shirk the pickle to avoid the fungus)

Step 8: Store this pickle mixture in a sterilized glass jar store this in a clean jar.     

Step 9: Serve this pickle along with dosa, idli, paratha and cooked rice or curd rice.