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Take the karelas and scrap them a little.
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Peel the onions, ginger and garlic.
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Make a slit cut on the karela only on one side from start to end.
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Take a pressure cooker and boil karelas, onion, ginger, garlic (whole) with a pinch of salt and water.
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Wwitch off the gas just after one whistle.
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If boiling in a pan, take more water and just cook until the karelas are tender enough.
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Drain the excess water from the karelas.
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For stuffing:.
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In a grinder, grind the boiled onion, ginger and garlic.
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Take a pan, put 3 tablespoon of oil and put mustard seed to splutter.
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Then add the ground paste, chili powder, mustard powder, tamarind paste, salt to taste, and half of the turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder.
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Stir for some minutes until the paste starts to leave oil in the pan.
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Make a thick paste of besan, rest of the turmeric powder and a pinch of salt.
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Open the slits of karela and fill the stuffing as required.
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Take a pan, put oil for frying.
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Dip the stuffed karela one by one in the besan batter and drop it in the oil for frying.
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Fry until golden brown.
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Drain the excess oil in paper towel.
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Serve hot.
