Karela chicken la-Jawab

INGREDIENTS (for 2 persons)

1. One medium sized bitter gourd
2. 5 medium chicken pieces (boneless)
3. 1 ½ teaspoon of ginger garlic paste
4. One large sized onion
5. One large sized tomato
6. One large sized potato
7. ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
8. A dash of fresh lemon
9. Salt according to taste



1. Take some chicken pieces (chop it up into very small pieces as big or medium pieces are not recommended for this. (½ inch square size). How much chicken to put is up to you but its better not to put more than then bitter gourd quantity you are using!

2. Take one large bitter gourd and cut it into small pieces. If the bitter gourd is small you can take 2 or 3. The pieces should be ½ inch square size.

3. Take one large potato, peel off the skin and cut it into 4 pieces so that it boils well.

4. Take one large tomato (red and ripe one). Remove the top black portion and just puncture the tomato with a knife from the top so that it boils properly.

5. Boil the bitter gourd separately and throw the water if you don’t want the dish to be too bitter else retain the water to pour the water in the dish at the end.

6. Boil the whole tomato, chicken pieces and potato. Add some salt, ¾ teaspoon of ginger garlic paste and retain the water. Don’t put too much of water in the cooker, it should be just enough to boil. If you don’t want to throw the bitter gourd water then you might as well cook everything together and retain the water. If you can separate the chicken pieces then its better.

7. Chop one large onion. Put oil in the fry pan and sauté the chopped onion till its golden brown. If you have the chicken separated then put the pre-boiled chicken in the pan and sauté it for some time. Stir fry it a little and then add the turmeric powder.

8. Add some ginger garlic paste, squeeze a bit of fresh lemon and chopped chilli. Add salt according to taste.

9. Now put everything (bitter gourd, potato and the tomato)into the frying pan. Smash the tomato and potato. Pour ½ cup of chicken-veg combo stock water, which you had separated out after boiling. Keep it in flames till the water is reduced and no visible water can be seen. Remove it from pan and garnish it with some chopped coriander leaves.


10. Let it cool a bit and enjoy the dish. Tastes best when it’s moderately warm.

Bitter gourd is very rich in vitamins and it offers protection and helps ameliorate type 2 diabetes.

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