Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Sweet and Sour Spicy Karela (Bitter Melon )

Sweet and Sour Spicy Karela, Bitter Melon

Karela, also known as bitter melon. Sweet and Sour Karela has a very unique taste. This dish is a combination of all the flavor in one, it is spicy, sweet, sour, and bitterness of the Karela. That is what make this recipe very unique. Karela, (Bitter melon) also is a healthy vegetable with many health benefits. This was one of my favorite side dish specially for school lunch box, Karela rolled up with left over Puri or Paratha from previous day, tasted delicious. We also enjoyed this sweet and sour karela as a side dish with Toor Dal and Rice. This is multi flavor healthy side dish this can also be serve as a condiment. Enjoy!

This recipe will serve 4

Course Chutney

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings people

Equipment

Ingredients

4 cup sliced bitter melon karela
1 ½ tsp salt divided
½ tsp turmeric haldi
3 Tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds jeere
2 ½ Tbsp coriander powder dhania
1 Tbsp fennel seed powder saunf
1 tsp red chili powder lal mirch
1 ½ Tbsp mango powder amchoor
2 Tbsp sugar
½ cup water

Instructions

Remove the top and bottom caps from karela. Slice them long ways and remove the seeds, save half the seeds, and discard other half. Slice them in thick pieces, I like to slice them in diagonal.
Cook the karela with 2 cups of water, with ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon of turmeric over medium high heat. Cook for about 8 minutes until karela is soft and tender but not mushy.
Drain the water and wash the boil karela 2-3 times changing water and squeeze the karela.
In a frying pan heat the oil over medium high heat. Oil should be moderately hot add cumin seeds as cumin seeds crack add karela and sprinkle remaining 1 teaspoon of salt.
Stir fry for about 4 minutes over medium heat.
Add all the spices, coriander, fennel powder, red chili powder and mango powder stir for one minute. Add ½ cup of water mix and cover the pan and let it cook over low medium heat for about 4 minutes.
Add sugar and stir for about a minute sugar will be lightly caramelize.

Notes

boiling the bitter melon with salt and turmeric help taking out some bitterness from Karela (bitter melon). Also washing karela changing water also help taking out some more bitterness. Still karela will be bitter. Sweet and Sour Karela can be refrigerated for two weeks.

Enjoy sweet and Sour Karela, with Paratha, Puri, Toor Dal, Rice, Sooji Ka Halwa

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Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Corn and spinach sandwich

Corn and spinach sandwich, Spinach corn sandwich- No onion no garlic sandwich recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.

Sandwich comes super handy when we run out of idli dosa batter. My family loves sandwiches, and I have posted many recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. This one is a no onion no garlic sandwich recipe made using the winning combo of spinach and corn, also I have added capsicum to enhance the taste.

You can make this easy sandwich recipe, with the ingredients available at home. As we are not using onion or garlic, chopping reduces significantly. The filling is like a thicker version of the white sauce we make for pasta. If you want to add garlic you can add while sauting the corn and making the sauce too.

Corn and spinach sandwich can be served for breakfast, packed for kid’s lunch box, or served as an evening snack. Even you can make this for a quick weeknight dinner along with a soup.

Also check out our collection of No onion no garlic recipes.

Corn spinach sandwich recipe

No onion no garlic corn spinach sandwich recipe

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Global, Indian

Keyword no onion garlic recipes, sandwich recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

8 slices bread
½ cup frozen sweet corn
½ cup spinach finely chopped
3 tbsp capsicum finely chopped
Salt as needed
Red chili flakes to taste
½ tsp pepper powder
Oregano flakes to taste
2 tsp maida or jowar flour
3 tsp butter + butter to toast the sandwich
½ cup milk use raw milk or boiled and cooled milk
¼ cup grated cheese mozarella cheese

Instructions

In a pan add 1 tsp of butter and add the frozen corn. If using fresh corn, cook this well and then take out the corn kernels and then add.
Saute for a minute and add add ½ cup finely chopped spinach
Saute for a minute and add salt.
Now add 3 tbsp of finely chopped capsicum
Saute for a minute.
Add red chili flakes, pepper powder, oregano flakes and mix well.
Keep this aside.
Add 1 tsp butter to the pan and add 2 tsp plain flour |maida. You can add jowar flour also.
Saute in low flame for a minute.
Now add ½ cup milk, you can add raw milk or boiled and cooled milk. Oat milk can also be added.
Mix well without lumps
Let this thicken, cook on a low flame.
Now add the corn spinach mixture.
Mix well and switch off
Add ¼ cup grated cheese
Filling is ready for the sandwich.
Add butter on a tawa and place a bread on it.
Spread the corn cheese mixture.
Cover with another slice.
Cook on both sides
Take out, cut and serve.

Video

Notes

Notes:
1. Instead of oregano and red chili flakes you can add finely chopped green chili and chaat masala.

2. You can skip the step of adding the maida white sauce too. Just cook the corn and spinach and add the grated cheese and go ahead.

3. No onion no garlic Corn spinach sandwich is a perfect breakfast or evening snack

In a pan add 1 tsp of butter and add the frozen corn. If using fresh corn, cook this well and then take out the corn kernels and then add.
Saute for a minute and add ½ cup finely chopped spinach
Saute for a minute and add salt.

Now add 3 tbsp of finely chopped capsicum
Saute for a minute.
Add red chili flakes, pepper powder, oregano flakes and mix well.
Keep this aside.

Add 1 tsp butter to the pan and add 2 tsp plain flour |maida. You can add jowar flour also.
Saute in low flame for a minute.

Now add ½ cup milk, you can add raw milk or boiled and cooled milk. Oat milk can also be added.
Mix well without lumps.

Let this thicken, and cook on a low flame.
Now add the corn spinach mixture.
Mix well and switch off.

Add ¼ cup grated cheese and mix well
The filling is ready for the sandwich.

Add butter on a tawa and place a bread on it.
Spread the corn cheese mixture.

Cover with another slice.
Cook on both sides.

Take out, cut and serve.

Notes:
Instead of oregano and red chili flakes you can add finely chopped green chili and chaat masala too.
You can skip the step of adding the maida white sauce too. Just cook the corn and spinach and add the grated cheese and go ahead.
No onion no garlic Corn spinach sandwich is a perfect breakfast or evening snack.

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