Ingredients:

• 250 g- Bitter gourd
• 50 g- Green chillies
• 100 g- Tamarind
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp – Methi seeds
• 1 tsp- Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 1 tsp each- Cumin seeds, Urad Dal & Channa dal (need while frying)
• 250 g- Onions cut into an inch pieces
• 100 g- Oil
• Little Hing
• 1 tsp ground Ginger
• 50 g- Sugar

Method:

1. Cut bitter gourds into pieces – along with the seeds.
2. Heat some oil and fry methi and cumin seeds.
3. Grind bitter gourd, tamarind, green chillies, methi, cumin and salt.
4. Put oil in pan, splutter mustard seeds, put cumin, urad and channa dal and hing.
5. Put onions and fry till golden brown. After onions turn golden brown, put ginger into oil.
6. Pour the ground paste into the oil, along with the sugar, and fry till dry.
7. Preserve it in a dry bottle.

Recipe courtesy of Lakshmi