Kaakarakaaya nuvvula pachadi

This is one of my favourite side dish with mudda pappu. This taste will start to grow on you as you eat it. The fresh the karela's you get the more tasty this will be.

For Powder:-

Seseme seeds (nuvvulu) - 1 cup
Dhaniyaa- 1 tspn
Chana daal - 1.5 tspn
Urad Daal - 1tspn
Dry Chilli - 5
Dry Coconut - 1 tspn

Fry all of the above separately and let it cool. Once it is cool grind to a fine paste.

For Pachadi:-

Karela - 4 thin and tender
Tamarind juice - 4 tbspn
turmeric - 1 tbspn
Jaggery - 2 big peices / Sugar - 2 tbspn

1. Cut Karela into small peices and soak in turmeric and salt water for 30 mins.
2. Wash thoroughly and Squeeze out water from the karela peices and keep them aside.
3. Take 2 tbspn oil in a thick bottom pan and once hot add chana daal - 1 tspn, urad daal - 1 tspn, few peices dry chillie, mustard seeds, hing, litte turmeric. Once mustard seeds sputter add karela peices.
4. Add sugar and fry for 5 mins on low flame.
5. Add tamarind juice and let the karela cook now. Add litte water if required.
6. Once karela is cooked add the nuvvulu powder.
7. Fry for some time and remove from flame.
8. Serve with mudda pappu and rice.