http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/bitter-gourd-chips-pavakkai-chips.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/bitter-gourd-chips-pavakkai-chips.html#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:18:46 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=18351 Bitter gourd is one of my favorite veggies out there. On a recent trip to the Indian store, I bought a bunch of these to make pitlai. But due to time constraints I ended up making these easy chips. They were crispy and went perfect with rice. I have also tried baking them earlier, but...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/07/bitter-gourd-chips-pavakkai-chips.html/feed 6 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/bitter-gourd-rice.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/bitter-gourd-rice.html#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:08:50 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=1064 My favorite ingredients rice and bitter gourds come together in this one pot meal. Recently some of my drafts have been pushed back because I am just too excited to share the new dishes I make and my drafts get buried down. This is another one that was made in early February and I am...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/03/bitter-gourd-rice.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/05/bittergourd-pavakai-fry-with-channa-dal.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/05/bittergourd-pavakai-fry-with-channa-dal.html#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=33 One more simple dish for bitter gourd lovers. My mom makes this with small baby bitter gourds, but we don’t get them here and I have used regular ones. The addition of channa dal takes some of the bitterness away. Boiling the chopped bittergourd in tamarind juice will also take away some of the bitterness....]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/05/bittergourd-pavakai-fry-with-channa-dal.html/feed 30 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/bitter-gourd-pavakai-pitlai.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/bitter-gourd-pavakai-pitlai.html#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:01:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=6 Bitter gourd is an interesting vegetable because there are some who hate it for its bitterness and some like me who love it. When we were kids my mom used to buy the small bitter gourds and fry them and it was one of my favorite dishes. I liked the slight bitterness and the crunchiness...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2011/04/bitter-gourd-pavakai-pitlai.html/feed 7