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Ingredients

2 cups round slices of bittergourd
1 cup chopped onion
3 chopped green chillies
A pinch of Turmeric powder
1 tsp Gram flour or besan
2 tbs Lemon juice

Method

Cut the bittergourd into thin round slices. Place all of them on a plate and sprinkle salt and turmeric and mix well. Keep it like that for at least 15 minutes. Now take a ziplock bag or any bag and put all these pieces into it and squeeze the juice out of the pieces. Sprinkle some oil on the pieces and microwave it for 10 minutes on high (stirring in between).

Take a pan and add popu (urad dal, mustard seeds, jeera and senagapappu, red chillis, curry leaves) Add chopped onion and green chillies and fry them till onions turn transulcent. Now add the bittergourd pieces and cook for 15 minutes stirring in between. Add 1 tbsp of besan or gram flour and mix well so that it absorbs all the oil. The reason why I add besan is it soaks the bitter taste and gives a crunchy look. This curry goes well with chapatis!