Bitter Gourd Biryani -Tasty Rice Recipe With Bitterness

Hello, viewers, I hope you liked my last post about breakfast recipe. Enough sweet for morning breakfast so let’s make our afternoon and lunch a bit spicy. And my today’s recipe is about Karela Biryani (bitter gourd biryani) yes you heard right bitter gourd,  as it’s taste represents its name bitter and it also tastes full of flavor. so let’s start.

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BITTER GOURD BIRYANI

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Bitter Gourd Biryani -Tasty Rice Recipe With Bitterness

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Ingredients

  • One Cup – Basmati Rice (aged)
  • Milk – One Cup
  • Water – 0.75 Cups
  • Salt As Required
  • Oil – Few Drops
  • Bitter Gourd – One Medium Size
  • Sour Curd – Half Cup
  • Cooking Oil – One And A Half Tablespoons
  • Cinnamon – One Inch
  • Cloves – Three
  • Bay Leaf – One
  • Black Stone Flower – One
  • Onion – One Big Sliced
  • Turmeric Powder – One-Fourth Teaspoon
  • Red Chili Powder – One Teaspoon
  • A Handful Of Mint And Coriander Leaves
  • Ginger Garlic Pastes – Half Teaspoon
  • Clarified Butter – Two Tablespoons
  • Lemon Juice – Two Teaspoons
  • Almonds paste – One Teaspoon
  • Pistachios Paste – One Teaspoon
  • Rose Water – Two Teaspoon

Instructions

  • First, wash and slice the bitter gourd into thin slices. Remove the seeds and if you want not to remove seeds, retain it.
  • WASH AND SLICED THE BITTER GOURD
  • Take half cup of sour curd, add some salt, mix well and soak bitter gourd for 30 minutes it helps to remove bitterness from the bitter gourd.
  • SOAKED BITTER GOURD IN CURD
  • Similarly, wash the rice with water and soak it for a minimum of 30 minutes.
  • RINSE AND SOAK THE RICE
  • Chop the onion, coriander, and mint leaves and keep it aside.
  • After 30 minutes, squeeze the bitter gourd pieces very well from the curd mixture and take it on a plate.
  • Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, and add the Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, black stone flower.
  • Now add sliced onion saute for a minute and then add the ginger, garlic paste. Mix well for few seconds and then add almond paste and pistachio paste. Now add the turmeric powder,  red chilli powder, and salt mix it well.
  • ADDING GINGER-GARLIC PASTE
  • Add the squeezed bitter gourd and saute till it gets shrinks a bit. Add oil if needed otherwise, don’t add.
  • Now add the soaked rice without water, add a half cup of milk, 0.75 cups of water.
  • Add a half tablespoon of ghee or clarified butter, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons rose water.
  • Put the vessel lid on it and let it cook for 10-15 minutes in a low flame.
  • After 10-15 minutes check if rice is cooked or not if not keep it for a few more minutes.
  • Served it hot with any raita.
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Ingredients in preparing Bitter Gourd Biryani:-

  • One Cup – Basmati Rice(aged)
  • Milk – One Cup
  • Water – 0.75 Cups
  • Salt As Required
  • Oil – Few Drops
  • Bitter Gourd – One Medium Size
  • Sour Curd – Half Cup
  • Cooking Oil – One And A Half Tablespoons
  • Cinnamon – One Inch
  • Cloves – Three
  • Bay Leaf – One
  • Black Stone Flower – One
  • Onion – One Big Sliced
  • Turmeric Powder – One-Fourth Teaspoon
  • Red Chili Powder – One Teaspoon
  • A Handful Of Mint And Coriander Leaves
  • Ginger Garlic Pastes – Half Teaspoon
  • Clarified Butter – Two Tablespoons
  • Lemon Juice – Two Teaspoons
  • Almonds paste – One Teaspoon
  • Pistachios Paste – One Teaspoon
  • Rose Water – Two Teaspoon

Directions:-

  • First, wash and slice the bitter gourd into thin slices. Remove the seeds and if you don’t want to remove seeds, retain it.
WASH AND SLICED THE BITTER GOURD
WASH AND SLICED THE BITTER GOURD
  • Take half cup of sour curd, add some salt, mix well and soak bitter gourd for 30 minutes as it helps to remove bitterness from the bitter gourd.
SOAKED BITTERGOURD IN CURD
SOAKED BITTER GOURD IN CURD
  • Similarly, wash the rice with water and soak it for a minimum of 30 minutes.
RINSE AND SOAK THE RICE
RINSE AND SOAK THE RICE
  • Chop the onion, coriander, and mint leaves and keep it aside.
  • After 30 minutes, squeeze the bitter gourd pieces very well from the curd mixture and take it on a plate.
  • Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed vessel, and add the Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, black stone flower.
  • Now add sliced onion saute for a minute and then add the ginger, garlic paste. Mix well for few seconds and then add almond paste and pistachio paste. Now add the turmeric powder,  red chilli powder, and salt mix it well.
ADDING GINGER-GARLIC PASTE
ADDING GINGER-GARLIC PASTE
  • Add the squeezed bitter gourd and saute till it gets shrinks a bit. Add oil if needed otherwise, don’t add.
  • Now add the soaked rice without water, add a half cup of milk, 0.75 cups of water.
  • Add a half tablespoon of ghee or clarified butter, 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons rose water.
  • Put the vessel lid on it and let it cook for 10-15 minutes in a low flame.
  • After 10-15 minutes check if rice is cooked or not if not keep it for a few more minutes.
  • Serve your bitter gourd biryani hot with any raita.

About the Bitter Gourd Biryani:-

  • BITTER GOURD:- Momordica charantia, known as the bitter gourd is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit.  It has been used as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments. The plant is used as a claimed treatment s for diabetes(particularly polypeptide- p, an insulin analogue), and as a stomachic, laxative, antibilious, emetic, anthelmintic agent, for the treatment of a cough, respiratory disease, skin disease,  wounds, ulcer, gout, and rheumatism.
  • RICE:- Rice is a seed of the grass species Oryza Sativa. As a cereal, it is the most widely consumed staple food. Enriched varieties provide B vitamins and iron. Gluten free and suitable for people with celiac disease. Easy to digest and useful in restoring bowel function after a bout of diarrhoea. Rarely, if ever causes food allergies.

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