Ambade Kaarle Lonche Recipe - Hog Plums & Bitter Gourd Pickle

Name: Ambade Kaarle Lonche Recipe - Hog Plums & Bitter Gourd Pickle
Prep time: 35 min
Cuisine: Coastal Karnataka
Ingredients: 6 Hog Plum (Amtekai); 1 Karela (Bitter Gourd/ Pavakkai); 6 tablespoons Jaggery; Salt; to taste; 1 teaspoon Oil; 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); For Tempering :; 1 tablespoon Oil; 1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu); 1/4 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds); 4 Green Chillies; 2 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

By Admin

Prep Time Total in 35 M

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Coastal Karnataka

Diet Vegetarian

Ambade Kaarle Lonche Recipe is a South Indian Style hog plums and bitter gourds pickle. This is a recipe from the Karnataka's Karwari GSB (Goud Saraswat Brahmin) cuisine. Karwari recipes use a lot of jaggery in their cooking like the Udupi cuisine. It is a very simple but extremely flavourful dish.

Ingredients

6 Hog Plum (Amtekai)
1 Karela (Bitter Gourd/ Pavakkai)
6 tablespoons Jaggery
Salt
to taste
1 teaspoon Oil
1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
For Tempering :
1 tablespoon Oil
1/4 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
1/4 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
4 Green Chillies
2 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making Ambade Kaarle Lonche Recipe, scrape the outer layer of bitter gourd well, clean the seeds if they are not tender

Step 2

Chop each bitter gourd lengthwise to 2 inch long strips, apply some salt (I used 1/4 teaspoon) and keep it away for an hour to reduce the bitterness

Step 3

After an hour, squeeze away excess water from the bitter gourds after washing them

Step 4

This will remove most of the bitterness the gourd has

Step 5

Stir fry these drained bitter gourds in a kadai with a bit of oil till softened

Step 6

Keep aside

Step 7

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan/kadhai, add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter

Step 8

Once spluttered, immediately add all the ingredients under tempering - fenugreek, green chillies, Irani hing and saute a bit

Step 9

Stir on low heat, add turmeric powder, ambade- hog plums and mix well

Step 10

Take care that the tempering is right and not any burnt

Step 11

Add enough water to cook ambade (I added 4 tablespoons) and on medium heat, bring to boil

Step 12

Reduce heat when it starts boiling

Step 13

Cover and cook till the ambade / hog plum are cooked

Step 14

Now add the stir fried bitter gourd strips, jaggery and salt and cook till jaggery melts

Step 15

Now add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water as per requirement, else the jaggery will stiffen when cooled

Step 16

Transfer to a jar after it is cooled to room temperature

Step 17

Serve Ambade Kaarle Lonche Recipe as an accompaniment with a meal of Steamed Rice, Karwar Style Muga Ambat Recipe, and Puri Recipe (Puffed Fried Indian Bread)