Pagarkai Soup Recipe | Pavakkai Rasam | Bitter Gourd Soup Recipe

I have heard most of the doctor's advising Diabetic Patients to take Bitter-gourd juice to control the sugar level.. My aunt is diabetic.. Whenever her result shoot up, she will make this bitter gourd soup and have it twice in a week. 

I have practically seen her results coming good after that.. Also Bitter Gourd will destroy the worms in our gut..

This Bitter-gourd Soup/ Pakarkkai Rasam is for the friends who find it hard to take the bitterness..  I This method reduces the bitterness to half.

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Pagarkai Soup Recipe | Pavakkai Rasam | Bitter Gourd Soup Recipe

Prep Time : 10 mins	Cook Time: 30 mins
Yield: 3 cups	Svg Size: 1 cup
Average Rating: 5 for 5	Calories per Serving: 50
Posted By: Sabari	Cuisine: Tamilnadu

Ingredients

• 1 bitter gourd or pakarkkai
• lemon ball size tamarind
• coconut oil and mustard seeds for thalippu
• scurry leaves and coriander leaves
• salt

for grinding coarsely

• 7 pepper corn
• 1/4 tsp cumin or seerakam
• 1/4 tsp coriander seeds
• a pinch asafoetida
• a pinch of turmeric powder
• 1 garlic
• curry leaves

Quick Procedure

• First let us remove the bitterness. Slice bitter gourd very thin. Add salt and mix well. Let it settle for 10 minutes.
• Squeeze it with hands and remove the juices. Wash it twice.
• Boil this bitter gourd adding tamarind juice. Cook till it becomes soft.
• We are now ready to prepare the rasam.
• Take the ingredients to grind in blender and grind it.
• Heat a pan. Add oil. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves and let it sputter. 
• Add the ground masala. Saute once or twice.
• Add cooked bitter gourd along with the boiled tamarind water. Add salt as per taste.
• Cook for 5-10 minutes..Add fresh coriander leaves and serve hot..

Stepwise Pictures

First let us remove the bitterness. Slice bitter gourd very thin. Add salt and mix well. Let it settle for 10 minutes.

Squeeze it with hands and remove the juices.

Wash it twice.

Boil this bitter gourd adding tamarind juice.

Cook till it becomes soft. We are now ready to prepare the rasam.

Take the ingredients to grind in a blender

Grind it.

Heat oil in a pan and temper some mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the ground masala. Saute once or twice.

Add cooked bitter gourd along with the boiled tamarind water. Add salt as per taste.

Cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Add chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

A healthy rasam to treat diabeties.. Tasty too..