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Chicken Karela

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Cuisine Pakistani
Servings 5

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 kg Chicken
  • 1 kg Karela (Bitter Gourd)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp Crushed Ginger Garlic
  • 2 nos Onion
  • 1 tbsp Ground Red Pepper
  • 1 tsp Turmeric
  • 1 tsp White cumin
  • 1/2 cup Curd
  • 3-4 nos Tomatoes
  • Coriander as desired
  • 1/2 cup Cooking Oil  

Instructions
 

  • Mix salt, ginger, garlic, red chillies, white cumin and curd well and marinate the chicken with this mixture for one hour.
  • Peel the krills and cut them in the middle, remove the seeds and cut them into small pieces, apply turmeric and a tablespoon of salt on them and spread them in the sun for an hour.
  • Fry finely chopped onion in cooking oil until golden.
  • Wash the karel two to three times with water, squeeze it and fry it in the same oil.
  • Then add the spiced chicken and onion to the same pan and mix well and cover and cook on medium heat.
  • When the chicken is fried, add the bitter gourd and cover it with finely chopped tomatoes.
  • When the tomatoes are rotten, fry them lightly and sprinkle the green coriander, cover them on a low flame for five minutes and keep them on the tail.
  • If you put a small lump of jaggery on the tail, the bitterness of bitter gourd will come out completely.
  • Start with hot chapatis.