Here’s a simple veg curry for rice! Pavakka (Bitter Gourd) is one vegetable which I learnt to appreciate over time. 

The timeline of moving from “strong dislike” to “appreciate” was quite a long one though 😉 Anyway, these days I quite enjoy the vegetable especially if it’s pavakka theeyal. 

However, Jose is still in the process of learning to appreciate it. I was planning to speed up that process with this curry. It’s his paternal grandmother’s recipe. 

Ammachi was very famous for her culinary skills and Jose still misses her cooking. Though he is yet to reach the “appreciation stage”, he did like the curry. I guess it’s mostly to do with it being his “Ammachi’s” recipe.

Anyways, I really loved it. It has a good flavor combination – the bitterness of pavakka is subdued a bit with the combination of coconut milk and tamarind. Also, if you like to balance the flavors, add jaggery too. 

Serve with rice and pappad and am sure you will also like it.