Simple Deep Fried Bitter Gourd Recipe -Vegetarian

Bitter gourd (scientific name, Momordica charantia, Chinese: 苦瓜, Japanese, Goya) is an edible bitter vegetable. It is well know for its’ medicinal value such as stimulating digestion, increase insulin sensitivity, might be an effective treatment for HIV and some species have anti Malaria properties.
However the red arils of the seed is said to be poisonous to children and I was told that it is not a suitable food for pregnant women.
I learned prepare this Indian style fried bitter gourd from Sonia’s blog. Deep fried bitter gourd is one of my favorite dishes whenever I eat at Indian restaurants. It is a must have for me and I found that it goes along well with okra curry. Sometimes I would also eat them with potato masala or just with yogurt. I just love the crispy and aromatic fried bitter gourd. Check out this wonderful Indian recipe!

Ingredients
Bitter gourd, 1 small size, sliced thinly
Chilli powder, 1 table spoons, more if you want it to be spicier!
Rice Flour, 2 table spoons
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil for deep frying

Marinade the bitter gourd slices with chilli powder, rice flour and salt. Heat up wok and add in vegetable oil for deep frying. Turn the heat to medium and fry until the bitter gourd turned crispy and brown in colour. Serve while still hot or else it will lose its’ crispiness.

Vegetarian Puri – Indian Pancake

Puri is healthy food and I love the taste of it. You can eat puri with sugar (my daughter’s favourite) or dip it in potato masala curry. I normally have puri for my breakfast whenever I visit any Indian Restaurant. Don’t let the looks of puri fool you. It is actually hollow in the inside. Therefore one puri is not enough to fill my stomach. I usually have two pieces at one go!

I use premix Atta Flour to make puri.

Mix 2 cups of Atta Flour with one cup of water. Need the dough and divide into equal round ball around 1” in diameter. Use a roller pin to make it into round flat shape. Deep fry the puri in hot oil until golden brown. Try not to poke a hole in the puri while frying it or else the puri will not puff up!

Happy cooking!

Simple Recipe – Vegetarian Curry - Halal

Fried Beancurd (Tau Pok)

Vegetarian Curry

Ingredients

1) Lady fingers (okra), 7 pcs
2) Long Beans, 7 pcs
3) Eggplant or brinjal, 2 pcs, cut and fried with oil.
4) Onions, 2 pcs, cut into four
5) Lemongrass(Serai), 2 pcs
6) Fried Bean curd(Tau pok), 10 pcs
7) Curry powder, 50gms (or 5 table spoons); put more if you want the curry gravy to be thick.
8) Salt 2 teaspoon or to taste
9) Curry leaves(optional), 2 stalks
10) Mixed halba (optional), 1 teaspoon
11) Coconut milk, ½ coconut (optional), or you can use butter


Heat up a 3 table spoons of oil in wok. Put in onions, lemongrass, curry leaves and mixed halba. Stir fry until fragrance. Add in curry powder and coconut milk and stir for around 2 minutes under low fire. Add a cup of water and bring to a boil. Then add in the long beans and eggplant. Let it simmer for 2 minutes then add in the okra, fried bean curd (taupok) and salt.