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    Home » CCChallenge » Kakarakaya Nuvvulannam (Bitter gourd-Sesame Rice)

    Kakarakaya Nuvvulannam (Bitter gourd-Sesame Rice)

    Published: Dec 21, 2013 · Modified: Dec 16, 2019 by Pavani · Leave a Comment

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    One pot dishes are so convenient any time of the day. Being a South Indian most of my dishes revolve around rice, so a lot of one pot dishes I make are with rice. If I have leftover rice, it gets transformed into some kind of one-pot rice dish the next day. I'm sure all South Indians would probably say the same thing. Talking about rice lovers, I had an American co-worker who didn't like rice at all and I couldn't even imagine what it would be like without eating rice.

    Today's rice dish is a new combination for me. I've never made a rice dish with bittergourd before. I saw the recipe on a Telugu Cooking show and the combination of bittergourd, sesame seeds and rice sounded very interesting. I was pleasantly pleased how good the dish turned out to be and was even more happy when the husband really really liked it.

    Kakarakaya Nuvvulannam (Bitter gourd-Sesame Rice)

    Author: Pavani
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    Prep Time: 30 mins
    Cook Time: 30 mins
    Total Time: 1 hr
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: andhra
    Servings: 23 serving

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups Rice - cooked (I used basmati, but any cooked rice that is not mushy will work here)
    • ¼ cup Sesame seeds
    • 2 chilies Dry red
    • - 3 cloves Garlic
    • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
    • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
    • 8 ~ 10 Curry leaves
    • 3 chilies Green - slit
    • to taste Salt

    Instructions

    • Boil or microwave kakarakaya along with salt and 2tbsp yogurt until tender. Squeeze out the water and set aside until ready to use.
    • Dry roast sesame seeds and dry red chilies until lightly golden. Turn off the heat and add garlic cloves. Let the mixture cool a little bit and then grind into a powder along with some salt.
    • Heat 2tbsp oil in a pan; add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. Once the seeds start to splutter, add curry leaves and boiled bittergourd and cook until bittergourd starts to turn lightly browned around the edges.
    • Add the cooked rice, ground sesame powder and salt. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Serve hot.

    Notes

    Linking this to Valli's 'Cooking from Cookbook Challenge'.
    Tried this recipe?Mention @cooks_hideout or tag #cookshideout!

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    1. happu honey

      December 21, 2013 at 3:12 pm

      awsome piece of information, I had come to know about your website from my friend vinod, indore,i have read atleast seven posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your blog gives the best and the most interesting information. This is just the kind of information that i had been looking for, i'm already your rss reader now and i would regularly watch out for the new posts, once again hats off to you! Thanks a ton once again, Regards, dosakaya pachadi

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    2. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      December 21, 2013 at 4:51 pm

      like the use of sesame seeds in this

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    3. Global Tastes & Travels Inc.

      December 21, 2013 at 4:51 pm

      like the use of sesame seeds in this

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    4. Priya Srinivasan

      December 21, 2013 at 5:36 pm

      that is one interesting recipe!!! must been very flavorful with sesame n garlic!!!

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    5. Poornima Molri

      December 22, 2013 at 5:47 am

      this one is really interesting and new to me... will try for sure as im a great lover of one pot meals..

      Reply
    6. Arthy shama

      December 22, 2013 at 8:42 am

      Bittergourd-sesame rice looks delecious 🙂 and yes, at our home also left-over rice is next day's target 😛

      Reply
    7. Suja Ilangovan

      December 22, 2013 at 1:42 pm

      Bitter gourd rice is new to me. Interesting 🙂

      Reply
    8. Nalini's Kitchen

      December 23, 2013 at 8:52 pm

      Making one pot meal with bittergourd sounds inviting,looks so delicious.

      Reply
    9. Suma Gandlur

      December 23, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      Interesting one.I was just wondering whether this dish doesn't need even a tiny bit of sweetener because of the bitter gourd and sesame seeds used?

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    10. Pavani N

      December 24, 2013 at 3:57 am

      Hi Suma, I guess adding jaggery would be nice, but since there is no tamarind or sourness in the dish I didn't really miss it.

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    11. Srivalli

      December 24, 2013 at 8:17 am

      Though I love one pot meals, can't imagine cooking with bitter gourd!..:)..still that's a good one..

      Reply

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