easy karela chips recipe | bitter gourd chips | hagalkayi or pavakkai chips
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 1 Jar
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: Indian
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
Method
- firstly, slice the karela (bitter gourd) into slightly thick slices.
- 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.
- combine all the ingredients well. do not squeeze the bitter gourd as the chips turns mushy.
- now deep fry in hot oil. do not over crowd the karela.
- stir occasionally, keeping the flame on medium.
- fry till the karela chips turn golden and crisp.
- finally, serve karela chips as a tea time snack or as a side dish with lunch.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.