Mangalore Kitchen

Last night  I had very little time to put together a meal, but I was craving to eat something good. Found one big Bitter Gourd in the fridge and made this fried bitter gourd alongside some rice and daal. Thus there was a scrumptious and satisfying dinner. Ingredients 1. Bitter Gourd - 1 large, cut into circles and cored 2. Meet Mirsang - 1 tbsp 3. Semolina / Rava - 1 tbsp 4. Coconut oil - 1 tbsp 5. Salt - 1 tsp Method Wash the bitter gourd and drain. Add generous amount of salt and mix and keep aside for 20 to 30, for the release the extra bitterness. You can avoid this step if you want all the extra bitterness. Wash off the extra salt and drain again and mix in the meet mirsang and semolina, until all the pieces of bitter gourd are well coated with the masala. Heat coconut oil in a frying pan and shallow fry the bitter gourd pieces on both side until they are crisp and done. Serve with hot pez (congee) or some steamed rice with some simple daal. Note - Recipe

Many Years ago I had been to Guwahati to a friends place and that's the first time I encountered with this popular street food of North East Indian called Momo's though now popular all over the country . When I had them for the first time I wasn't a great fan of them because the  flavors they use in that part of the country are quite bland and that is when they are served with a spicy chutney to balance it all out. But later when I visited one of my friend living there her mother made us some at home some momo's and I just loved them, they were so much a pack of exotic flavors. Its later that I realized we can make the filling with all that we like and its just an art to wrap up a perfect momo or dumpling. Ingredients For the filling 1. Chicken Mince - 200 gms 2. Onion - 1 large finely chopped 3. Garlic - Minced -1 tsp 4. Pepper - 1/2 tsp crushed 5. Oil - tbsp 6. Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp 7. Salt to taste 8. Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp chopped For the wrapper