Pavakka Kichadi

Ingredients:

• Bitter Gourd 2
• Green chilly ¼ cup
• Coconut ½ to ¾ cup
• Mustard seeds 1 Tsp
• Curry leaves few
• Curd 2 cup
• Dry chilly 5
• Shallots 5
• Salt
• Oil

Clean and cut the bitter gourd into small pieces. Grind together coconut, ¾ tsp mustard seeds and half of the curd and keep it aside. Deep fry the bitter gourd with green chilly and few curry leaves. Remove it from oil and slowly crush it with a spoon. Add the fried bitter gourd, rest of the curd and required amount of salt into the grounded mixture. Mix it well. Season it with mustard seeds, shallots, dry chilly and curry leaves.