Comments on: Bittergourd sidedish(Karathe sukke)

By: Shivani

Shivani — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:55:08 +0000

hi this is wrt to rekhas question what measure cup do we use in india

By: Rekha

Rekha — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:57:29 +0000

Hi Shilpa

Thanks for all your wonderful recipes. I had a question about food measures. When you mention ‘cup’ in your recipes – do you mean the std. 8 ounce cup or the 4 ounce rice cup measure? Would appreciate if you could clarify.
Thanks
Rekha

Shilpa: Standard 8 ounce cup

By: Ritika Garg

Ritika Garg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:13:38 +0000

the recipe is healthy as it does not use sugar but uses jaggery instead. it is good but a little less spicy. i am little toooooo spicy in eating foods.please add a little more spices and try to make the recipe more favourable to eat!!

Shilpa: Ritika, you can increase the chili amount if you want more spicy.

By: vidhya

vidhya — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:02:51 +0000

thank you so much for this receipe.
i bought karathe thinking i will make puddi sagle. when my mother in law visited from india, she made it but i forgot to write it down. after i bought the karathe, i asked one of my friends if she knew how to make puddi sagle and then she talked about this website. i followed the receipe and it turned out GREAT. everyone loved it.
thank you very much.

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:55:38 +0000

Diane, you are correct. Seeds should be removed only if they are hard, if they are very small and tender, you can use them as they are.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:22:05 +0000

Do you seed the bitter gourd or leave them in? I usually de-seed mine – but I saw a recipe recently that just called to cut them up if seeds not too dried out, so wanted to check.

I do like bitter gourd in small quantities, but don’t make it that often – maybe once a month.

Thanks!

By: Sumi

Sumi — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:44:17 +0000

yet another way to cook my favourite bitter guard..cant wait to try it

By: aruna pai

aruna pai — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:43:35 +0000

Hi Shilpa ….. I prepared the same using onions. I used bedgyi chills in good quantity. It tasted excellent. Do give a try without onions too.

By: Lera

Lera — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:35:54 +0000

shilpa, Bittergourd is going to be on the top of my market list…….I can imagine the taste going by your recipe. would love to try this next week.Thanks for the same……:)

By: RP

RP — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:42:03 +0000

Shilpa, the bittergourd side dish sounds great. My husband loves this vegetable. I usually make pickles with it.