How to Prepare Delicious Kakarakaya Vepudu

Kakarakaya Vepudu.

You can have Kakarakaya Vepudu using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kakarakaya Vepudu

1. Prepare 2 of medium size bitter melon.
2. Prepare 2 of onions, chopped.
3. You need 5-6 of garlic cloves.
4. Prepare 1 sprig of curry leaves.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp. of oil.
6. It's 1 tsp. of mustard seeds.
7. Prepare 1 tsp. of urad dal (split black gram).
8. You need 1 tbsp. of chana dal (Bengal gram).
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp. of asafoetida.
10. Prepare to taste of salt.
11. You need 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.
12. Prepare 1 tbsp. of red chili powder.
13. You need 1 tbsp. of sugar.

Kakarakaya Vepudu instructions

1. Scrape bitter melon & slice finely. Add a tsp. of salt & keep aside for an hour. Wash well. Drain and keep aside..
2. Heat oil & temper with mustard seeds. Then add urad dal, chana dal and asafoetida. Saute till the dal changes colour..
3. Add onion, garlic & curry leaves. Saute till light brown..
4. Add bitter melon, salt & turmeric powder. Cover & fry on a med. flame till soft..
5. Then add red chili powder. Give it a stir..
6. Add sugar and continue to fry further for a minute more..
7. Serve with hot steamed rice and with some ghee drizzled over it..