Karathe Goon / Bitter Gourd In Coconut Milk.

 Karathe goon is a GSB Konkani style very tasty and delicious bitter gourd curry made with bitter gourd, potato, raw mango and coconut milk and goes well with rice.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Karathe Goon / Bitter Gourd In Coconut milk.

Ingredients:-

Bitter gourd.   -1 or 2
Potato.            -1
Green chillies.-5
Raw Mango.  -1 medium
Coconut milk.-1 cup
Hing powder. -1/2 tsp
Coconut oil.   -1tsp
Salt.                -to taste

Instructions:-

1). Wash and cut bitter gourd into halves lengthwise and remove the seeds. Chop the bitter gourd halves into semi circle shape pieces. Apply little salt on chopped bitter gourd pieces and keep aside for 1 hour. After 1 hour squeeze out the juice from bitter gourd pieces.

2). Remove the outer skin of potato and chop potato into pieces lengthwise. Wash the chopped potato pieces and keep aside.

3).Wash and chop raw mango into small pieces and keep aside.

4). Wash and slit green chillies lengthwise and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a wide bottom pan add chopped bitter gourd pieces and sufficient water and boil well.

2). Add chopped potato pieces into the pan and cook the bitter gourd and potato on medium flame.

3). Once the bitter gourd is half cooked add chopped raw mango pieces, slit green chillies and required salt into the pan and cook on low flame.

4) Add coconut milk into the pan and mix the curry for a minute on low flame and switch of the flame.

5). Add hing powder /asafoetida and 1tsp coconut oil over the curry and mix well.

Very tasty and delicious Karathe Goon / Bitter Gourd In Coconut Milk is ready to serve hot with rice.