Bitter Gourd Chips-Karela Chips-Bitter Gourd Recipes

How to make Bitter gourd chips (Pavakkai Chips)

Ingredients needed

Bitter gourd – 2 (medium size)
Besan /bengal gram flour -1/4 cup
Rice flour -2 tsp
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Asafoetida/hing -a pinch
Salt and chilli powder to taste
Oil for deep frying

Preparation

Scrap off the skin of bitter gourd slightly and put them in salted water for 15 minutes.

Drain the water and wipe the bitter gourd with a kitchen towel.

Cut it into thin round pieces. ( important step)

Method

Mix besan, rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, hing and needed salt without adding water.

The add the bitter gourd pieces, sprinkle water and mix well.(Do not add too much water-just sprinkle)

Heat oil and fry the bitter gourd pieces in batches till crisp.

Enjoy with sambar sadam or rasam rice or as such.

More Bitter gourd recipes /karela recipes/Pavakkai recipes

Bitter gourd curry (karela subzi)

Stuffed Bitter gourd

Pavakkai Pitlai

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