{"id":992,"date":"2012-02-14T07:40:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T07:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indiatastes.com\/Recipes\/?p=992"},"modified":"2012-02-14T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T07:40:49","slug":"bitternut-pitlai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/14\/bitternut-pitlai\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitternut pitlai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the paste: coriander seeds &#8211; 1 tsp, gram dal &#8211; 2 tsp, 2 red dried chillies, whole black peppers &#8211; 1\/2 tsp, asafoetida &#8211; a pinch.<br \/>\n Fry the above in 2 tsp ghee, add 5 tsp grated coconut and grind.<br \/>\nSoak 3 tsp of chana dal previous night and let them be soaked for at least 7-8 hours. Cut bitter nut into slices, add the chana dal and steam them. Steam toor dal (3\/4 cup) separately. Heat 1 cup of water and add tamarind juice to it. Add 1 tsp Sambar powder, and 1 tsp salt. When it comes to boil, and the raw smell of tamarind disappears, add the bitternut, chana dal and cook for 3 min. Then add the ground paste and steamed toor dal. Cook for about 3 min . In little oil splutter some mustard seeds and add it to the pitla. Add a bunch of curry leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the paste: coriander seeds &#8211; 1 tsp, gram dal &#8211; 2 tsp, 2 red dried chillies, whole black peppers &#8211; 1\/2 tsp, asafoetida &#8211; a pinch. Fry the above in 2 tsp ghee, add 5 tsp grated coconut and <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/14\/bitternut-pitlai\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.virtualspace247.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}