Saturday Lunch with Dal, Chawal and Kareli (Bittergourd) and Awards


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'm tend to prepare simple food for Saturdays lunch and that goes every week. Now a days resolution is to cook without using onion, green chilli and trying to cut down on garlic too [only for sat'day lunch ofcoz]


My sister loves khichidi for sat'day lunch and she will be so much happy with it :-)...but my DH prefers dal and chawal instead of khichidi so I'm doing that.


Last Saturday I prepared rice, dal with tempering of jeera, dry red chili and garlic and bitter gourd fry.






For Bitter gourd Fry/Stir Fry:


Ingredients:


Bitter ground - 4
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Dry Mango Powder /Amchur - 1/2 tsp [optional]
Salt - to taste


Method:


1. Wash and peel bitter gourd and cut in thin slices. 

2. Marinate with little salt and turmeric powder and leave it for 10-20mins. 
 If you wish you can squeeze out the water from bittergourd [I don't squeeze ]

3.  In a pan heat oil, add cumin seeds, add bitter gourd and fry on low flame until it turn black/brown in colour & become crisp.
If using amchur then add 2 minutes before turning off the flame.



Here is the platter with rice, dal, bittergourd fry, pickle and papad :-)





Now coming over to award...Dear JaiShreeji has share with me these lovely and awards...Thanks a lot ...am so glad to receive them ....


Also Swapna from Cooking with Swapna has share with me Great Buddy Award ..thanks Swapna for sharing this with me...now we are buddies ;)




Here sharing these awards with few of my friends, enjoy gals...


Aru from Gourmet Affair
Raji from Rak's Kitchen
Purva from Purva's Dawaat
Ramya from Ramya Cooks
Vani from Illatharasi
Lakshmi from Taste of Mysore
Priyanka from Asan Khana
Sukanya from Sukanya's Musings
Sowmya from Creative Saga
Anisheetu from My Kitchen

42 comments:

  1. The platter looks so good and its indeed a perfect lunch :)

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  2. thanks a lot for sharing the awards dear....:)

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  3. lovely platter....i too have posted bittergourd fry 2 days before

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  4. oohh that thali looks so comfort perfect priti and congrats on your awards

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  5. Inviting platter Priti..;congrats on ur awards...enjoy dear!!

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  6. I love bitter gourd! :) Great recipe!

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  7. nice lunch Tripti.....good one :)

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  8. hey nice platter.. yummy dishes.now i feel hungry seeing that plate :(

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  9. BG recipe is winner, lovely Thali! Congrats on ur award!

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  10. Rice,dal,papad ....I love dal! Bitter gourd -- noway;)
    Picture of the plate with everything is so inviting :)
    Thankyou for the award dear Priti:)

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  11. Congrats dear for all the awards and Thanks for sharing them.... :)

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  12. Yummy thali..Bitter gourd is a fav in our house..Congrats on all the well deserved awards..

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  13. lovely platter! even me and my hubby dear enjoy..BG. Simple and Inviting.

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  14. Thali looks great Priti...Congrats on all ur awards...enjoy them.

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  15. Karela looks awesome..... feeling hungry after seeing your platter;)

    Congrats for the awards and thank you so much for passing it to me!

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  16. yummy platter Priti. Congratulations on all your awards and thanks for sharing them with me :)

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  17. Congrats for all the awards, you deserve them. Thanks for sharing them with me. The Saturday lunch sure looks yummy.

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  18. Congrats on your awards. Nice platter.

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  19. Congrats on your award, Biiterguard is my favourite. Nice platter.

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  20. wow..the karela looks yumm..i love karela...thnaks for the award dear...

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  21. congratulations for the awards!nice platter!

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  22. thnks for the awards,..platter looks yum,..:-)

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  23. Nice lunch!Platters looks yum.Karela is my hubby's fav..congrats on you award priti:)

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  24. Thats a nice and comforting Thali! Inviting! Congrats on ur awards!

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  25. Can you pass me that plate! Now it's lunch time here and your plate is making me hungry! Mouth-watering platter! Congrats on the awards!

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  26. i am hungry by looking at your thali with all the yummy food....enjoy your awards too

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  27. congratulations for the awards, my husband adores karela was abt to post bharwa karela. UR PLATTER REALLY WELCOMING.

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  28. Nice and attrative platter...congrates on ur awards..

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  29. BG,my hubby loves it...not me..hehhee...but i caneat fries :)the paltter looks so delicious...
    Hey Priti,its really really making me so happy to receive this awars fro u..thanks dear..

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  30. Thanks for visiting my blog. congrats on your awards! Thali looks yummy and inviting!

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  31. Congratulations on your awards.wonderful dinner!

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  32. Thali looks yummy!

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  33. Lovely platter, loved your karela fry, coincidentally I posted a karely recipe yesterday too ! Congrats on all your well deserved awards :-)

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  34. Thali looks healthy and delicious....congrats for all the awards and thanks for remembering me

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  35. Nice comfort food for a weekend !!

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  36. Hummm yummyyy food, congratulations on ur awards!!!

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    Fantastic
    To you

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  38. Good

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