VIRUNDHOMBAL

Today we are going to see an interesting aviyal recipe with bitter gourds. Usually we prepare aviyal by cooking the vegetable with required water and then we add coconut paste and finished with either tamarind or curd. In this bitter gourd aviyal, to reduce the bitterness we have to cook the bitter gourds in the tamarind extract until soft and then we have to add the coconut paste. Generally for bitter gourd recipes if we add sour, salt, spice and oil in a good amount it can balance the bitter taste. Plus cooking the bitter gourds  along with small onions with rich flavours like coconut oil also enhances the taste. This bitter gourd aviyal tastes good with sambar , pulikuzhambu and kara kuzhambu . In this aviyal recipe, I have added red chilly powder instead of green chillies but you can add dried red chilli to it. Now let's see how to prepare bitter gourd aviyal with step by step instructions. Check out my other Aviyal recipes Tirunelveli Aviyal Bottle Gourd (Sur...