Chef Kunal Kapur shares easy stuffed karela with raw mango recipe: See step-by-step preparation

Kunal Kapur's stuffed karela recipe balances the bitterness with the tanginess of the raw mango and becomes an absolute comfort food with roti.

Summer is the season of mangoes, and they can be consumed in an uncountable number of ways. But taking to Instagram on May 1, celebrity chef and MasterChef India judge Kunal Kapur reveals a seemingly odd combination of raw mangoes and bitter gourd.

Kunal Kapur's stuffed karela recipe takes approximately 50 minutes to prepare. (chefkunalkapur.com)

“My bharwa (stuffed) karela recipe is that underrated ghar ka comfort dish you don’t expect to love - but do,” he wrote in the caption. “The slight bitterness, balanced with tangy raw mango and warm masalas, just hits differently. It’s the kind of sabzi that tastes even better the next day with soft rotis. If you’ve grown up avoiding karela, this version might just change your mind. Trust me on this one.”

The detailed recipe is presented as follows.

Ingredients for bharwa karela with raw mango

• Karela, large – 6
• Salt – 1 tbsp

For filling

• Raw mango, small – 2
• Onion, finely chopped – ½ cup
• Green chilli, chopped – 2
• Saunf – 2 tsp
• Turmeric – ½ tsp
• Chilli powder – 2 tsp
• Ginger, grated – 2 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1½ tbsp
• Cumin powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala – ½ tsp
• Kasoori methi powder – ½ tsp
• Hing – ½ tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Black salt – 1 tsp
• Mustard oil – 2 tbsp

For cooking

• Mustard oil – 4-5 tbsp

Method of preparation

1. To make bharwa karela, first peel the karelas with a vegetable peeler and take off the uneven surface of the skin. Keep the peels aside.
2. After the karelas are peeled, hold one karela in one hand, and with a knife, slit through the karela on one side in a top-down motion. Repeat for all the karelas.
3. Now, with a spoon, scoop out the seeds present inside the karela through the slit.
4. Take the seeds along with the peels and finely chop them with a knife. Keep it aside.
5. Next, sprinkle some salt on the karelas, both outside and inside. Rub them into the vegetable well and keep for some time. After the vegetables release water, wash them. Also, wash the chopped peels and seeds mixture.
6. Chop the raw mangoes into very small pieces. Add it to the peels and seeds mixture along with finely chopped onions, finely chopped green chillies, saunf, turmeric, chilli powder, grated ginger, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala, kasoori methi powder, hing, salt, black salt and mustard oil. Mix it well with a spoon.
7. Take the karelas and stuff spoonfuls of the mixture into them.
8. After the karelas are stuffed, heat mustard oil in a kadai.
9. Slide the karelas in hot oil and then cover the kadai with a lid.
10. After some time, turn the karelas over carefully, and add the remaining stuffing into the kadai.
11. Put the lid back on till everything is cooked.
12. Serve hot with rotis and enjoy.

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