Stuffed Bitter Melon

Ingredients:

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Chilli powder : 1 spoon
Onion - small finely cut
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Dhania powder - 1/2 spoon
oil- 1 tbsp
Salt - 3/4 tsp
Amchur powder: 2 spoons

Crushed garlic - 2
Cilantro - 3 strings

Dry roast and powder below items(quantity doesn't matter.. if there is any left over, can be used later for other curries)

Sesame seeds
Peanuts
Urad dal
Channa dal
Cumin seeds
Coconut powder

Dhalia

Preparing the bitter melon:

Bitter melon : 6 small size


Boil bitter melon in open pan until it cooks. Make sure bitter melon does not become too soft.
Slit the bitter melon  length wise and remove seeds. Save the seeds for stuffing.

Preparing the stuffing:


Heat the pan with 3 tsp of oil
Once oil is heated, season with mustard seeds
Once mustard seeds popping up, add onion. Saute them until raw smell goes
While the onion is frying, grind the items specified under dry roast into coarse powder.
Add the 1/2 cup of coarse powder, salt, amchur, chilli, dhania powder, turmeric, crushed garlic and finely cut cilantro.
Mix well. Add the bitter melon seeds.
Cook on slow flame until stuffing becomes dry powder.
Let the stuffing cool.

Cooking stuffed bitter melon:

Stuff the above mixture into slit bitter melon and try to close the slit by pressing the bitter melon gently with your hand. Or you can tie this with cotton thread as well.
Heat remaining oil in a pan and gently place bitter melon next to each other.
Close the lid and cook on low flame.
After 10 min, gently turn them into other side.
Cook well and you see a nice brown color on each side of bitter melon.