Karela Chips Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	15 min
Total time	20 min
Serves	1 jar

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Ingredients

• 2 bitter gourd / karela / hagalkayi / pavakkai (sliced)
• 1 tbsp corn flour
• 1 tbsp bean / gram flour
• ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
• 1 tbsp rice flour / akki hittu
• 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp aamchur powder / dry mango powder
• oil for deep frying

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Instructions

1. firstly, slice the karela (bitter gourd) into slightly thick slices.
2. add in 1 tbsp corn flour, 1 tbsp besan, 1 tbsp rice flour, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp aamchur powder and salt to taste.
3. combine all the ingredients well. do not squeeze the bitter gourd as the chips turns mushy.
4. now deep fry in hot oil. do not over crowd the karela.
5. stir occasionally, keeping the flame on medium.
6. fry till the karela chips turn golden and crisp.
7. finally, serve karela chips as a tea time snack or as a side dish with lunch.

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Step-by-step

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Notes

• firstly, use fresh karela for more crisp and crunchy karela chips.
• also increase the amount of red chilli powder more spicy chips.
• additionally, store in the airtight container and serve as required.
• finally, karela chips taste great when they are crunchy and spicy.