Comments on: Saucy Karela (Kakara Pulusu)

By: Anu

Anu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:57:47 +0000

Indira,

I’ve made this delicious recipe so many times, but never got around to posting a comment. The combination of jaggery, tamarind and red chilly handle the bitterness of the karela very well. I add a little roasted sesame powder at the end for some richness.

Thanks for posting and good luck,
Anu

By: Chitra

Chitra — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:45:28 +0000

Can I sustitute jaggery with sugar/honey? Anybody tried something like that? Does it change the way this taste?

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:01:36 +0000

I made this tonight and it was just wonderful. It’s become my favorite karela recipe!

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:39:26 +0000

Hi Indira,
I made this curry last week and came out very tasty. I have never made anything with Karela before, just being a little sceptical about its sourness. You are right indeed, making it saucy karela brings out the good taste of it.
So thx again.
I also made your bottle gourd curry and that came out good too.

By: Jayshree

Jayshree — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:11:34 +0000

Hi,

Will Walmart or Indian Grocery Stores have the Rice noodles and its different varities?

Thanks.

Jayshree

By: Lakshmi G

Lakshmi G — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:15:51 +0000

Hello Indiragaru,

I am very happy to see the new place for the recipes and glad there are more recipes coming. Chala bagundhi ee pic, for a moment it looked like stacked icecream scoops. Thanks for the great pics and recipes.

Lakshmi

By: nithya at hungydesi

nithya at hungydesi — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:43:09 +0000

Cute little story and sounds and looks very delicious. I love karela…especially love making your karela “chips”.

By: Vishali

Vishali — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:54:00 +0000

We celebrate it in November ( they call it Kartika masam some thing like that), and the vratham is for Lord Shiva…

By: Siri

Siri — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:53:18 +0000

Hello Indira,
kakarakaya lo ginjalu teesesi vandala ? please clear my doubt. The curry looks awesome. I want to try it.

Hi Siri: add them to pulusu if the seeds are white. Discard if they are in red color.
-Indira

By: Vishali

Vishali — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Love the Kakara Puslusu….my mom makes it on an auspicious day of ‘Vrushikesh Nomu’ and I miss it a lot!

Yours looks delicious and good combi with rotis. My mouth is watering

It’s good to know that this is a festival recipe. I haven’t heart about it before, when do you celebrate this festival, Vishali?
-Indira