Kakarakaya Sogi (Bittergourd curry): Grandma's Recipe

Ingredients:
Kakarakayas (Bittergourds)
Uppu (Salt)
Karam (Red chilli powder)
Jeelakarra (Jeera) - 1 spoon
Dhanyalu - 1 spoon
Vellipayalu (Garlic)
Cut onions
Bellam (Jaggery)
Chintapandu (Tamarind)

Cooking Procedure:

1. Grate off the hard portion of the kakarakaya's skin and cut them horizontally into pieces of 3 cm each
2. Sprinkle some reasonable amount of salt on all the cut pieces and leave it on for 30 min (This is to reduce the bitterness of the kakarakaya)
   
3. After leaving it on for 30 min, rinse 3 to 4 times with water and make vertical slits in all of them
   
4. Take a small piece of tamarind and soak it in water for few min
   
5. Grind the following items to prepare sogi: Saoked tamarind, Red chilli powder, salt, jeera, garlic, dhanyalu, cut onions and jaggery
6. Now fry the bitter gourds in a frying pan
7. Take out the fried bitter gourds and fill them with sogi
8. Fry some onions, put the excessive sogi in that oninon fry and mixed with the sogi filled bitter gourds

Hope fully, a tasty kakarakaya sogi is ready