Pavakka Kichadi / Bitter gourd cooked in spicy yogurt

5 from 2 votes

Delicious traditional Kerala style curry made with pavakka/Indian bitter gourd and yogurt coconut spicy mixture.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Bittergourd recipes, curries, Sadya recipes

Servings: serving

Calories: 349kcal

4 pavakka/ bitter gourd sliced into ¼ inch pieces
2 green chilies chopped into 4 pieces
2 sprig curry leaves
½ cup grated fresh coconut
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
1 cup Yogurt I used homemade one, if it is very thick dilute it with ¼ cup water
¾ teaspoon salt or to taste
½ cup Peanut oil use your favorite frying oil
1 teaspoon coconut oil
1 red chili halved into pieces

In a skillet heat peanut oil and when it comes hot,
add chopped pavakka/ bitter gourd,
green chilies and 1 sprig of curry leaves fry until it is golden brown.
Make sure it shouldn’t burn but it is entirely fried.
Drain them in a kitchen towel and sprinkle ½ teaspoon salt and lightly crush them set aside.
In a small grinder add coconut, ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds and ¾ cup yogurt and grind them into fine paste.
In another bowl add this ground coconut paste with fried pavakka/ bitter gourd and add rest of yogurt and mix well and set aside for 1 hour.
Heat one teaspoon coconut oil and skillet and add rest of mustard seeds, red chilies and rest of curry leaves and fry until the mustard seeds starts pop.
Add this seasoning to pavakka yogrut mixture, enjoy with rice.