Gutti Kakarakaya Senagapindi Vepudu / Bittergourd Besan Fry - A healthy recipe for Diabetic People

Kakarakaya / Bitter gourd is one of the vegetable which most of us don't like it.But once you taste this Kakarakaya Senagapindi Vepudu, (Bitter gourd coated with Besan flour and spices) it will become your favorite. But in Andhra cuisine Kakarakaya / Bitter gourd is very much popular even though it has a bitter taste because of it's health benefits. Kakarakayalu is a healthy vegetable for diabetic people, which helps in reducing blood sugar levels. It mainly works on spleen, liver, stomach, heat toxins and stagnation of food in digestive system. It kills worms in stomach too which is good for children. Today I am posting a simple,healthy,spicy and tasty fry. This fry is suitable with hot steamed rice and ghee. I usually make this fry with fresh, tender, small sized kakarakayalu /bitter gourds.

Ingredients :

Kakarakayalu /Bitter gourds                                :  6

Besan  flour/ Senagapindi (Bengal gram flour)   : 1 cup

Red Chilli Powder                                                :  1 1/2 table spoons

Salt                                                                        :  to taste

Jeera /Jeelakarra /(cumin seeds)                           :  1/4 table spoon

Ajwain/Vaamu                                                      : 1/4 spoon

Curry leaves                                                          :  few

Oil                                                                         :  5tbl Spoons

                                                                                  (for deep fry)

Procedure :

 Wash and clean the Kakarakayalu /Bitter gourds. Remove the edges.

Then make a slit in the middle, not complete slit only half for the stuffing.

Then take a pan, add oil, shallow fry these bitter gourds until  they change their color on medium flame.

Then make a slit in the middle, not complete slit only half for the stuffing.

Then take a pan, add oil, shallow fry these bitter gourds until  they change their color on medium flame.

Once they are done remove from the oil and keep aside. Let it cool for few seconds.

Now prepare stuff for stuffing. Take a bowl, add besan flour/Senagapindi, salt, red chilli powder and jeera. Mix well then spray few drops of water into this powder and make it wet, so that when we stuff the powder, it will not fall back.

Stuff this semi wet powder into shallow fried bitter gourds and keep aside.

Take a pan add oil, once the oil is heated, arrange all stuffed bitter gourds neatly ,then fry on low flame till crisp. You can  add the remaining Besan(Senagapindi) mixture which is leftover after stuffing. Once the bitter gourds turns crisp, switch off the flame, garnish with slightly fried curry leaves.

Kakarakaya Senagapindi Vepudu is ready, arrange them in serving bowl.

Serve it with hot steamed rice or Sambhar rice with dash of ghee.