A healthy and balanced diet should comprise all the six tastes-sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent. Generally we eat foods that have sweet, sour, salty and astringent tastes, but not ...

In Indian cooking, karela or bitter gourd is most often sliced and pan fried or deep fried and then spiced up. At Ronjita Kulkarni's north Mumbai home, her help Sakshi Dhuri, who hails from ...

Karela may be packed with benefits, but its bitterness keeps many people away. Discover simple ingredient pairings and ...

Instructions: Slice the karela in half lengthwise and then into thin half-wheels. Sprinkle with salt and let the karela rest for 20-30 minutes (this mellows out the bitterness). Meanwhile, in a wok or ...