{"id":1708,"date":"2012-03-30T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2012-03-30T13:49:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:49:20","slug":"stuffed-bitter-gourd-bharwa-karela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/stuffed-bitter-gourd-bharwa-karela\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuffed Bitter Gourd {bharwa karela}"},"content":{"rendered":"H<\/span>appy Friday!!!<\/p>\n

The Husband wants to personally convey “thank you” to each and every one of you for the birthday wishes<\/a>\u00a0!!! The idea of saying thanks over blog isn’t ideal in his opinion.<\/p>\n

But we can only make-do over the blog. If we ever meet in real life, a hug is due \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Enough of sweet talk and let’s talk bitter<\/em> for a change.<\/p>\n

Many grew up ingesting home-remedies to cure common cough, flu, stomachaches, headaches etc. I grew up occasionally ingesting bitter gourd’s raw bittery juice. Yuck!<\/p>\n

“But’s its good for me<\/em>“, that’s how my mom worked her magic. I doubt that mommies these days can get away with such sentences.<\/p>\n

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Scraped, slitted and boiled bitter gourd<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

Sweet, bitter, sour, salty, spicy & umami.\u00a0There are 6 sense of taste-buds, but often bitter is ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cUmami\u201d is originally the Japanese word for \u201cmeaty\u201d or \u201csavory\u201d.\u00a0Not surprisingly, it is characteristic of many oriental dishes.\u00a0The\u00a0MSG\u00a0amino acidproduces a strong umami taste.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0—\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And to top it off, the title of this post definitely didn’t had the spunk in flavorville, no? Let me show you how easy it is to introduce delicious “bitterness” into your flavor profile.<\/p>\n

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Remove seeds after bitter gourd cools<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

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Spiced stuffing!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

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Stuffed bitter gourds<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

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Shallow fry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

And there you have it. Easy, yummy stuffed bitter gourds or some refer to it as bitter melon<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n