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Jul 9, 2013

Pavakkai Chips / Bitter Gourd Chips


Today's recipe is simple & easy crispy snack, Bitter gourd Chips. This is one of the easy n best way to make kids eat bitter gourd or anyone who hate bitter gourd. The mild spicy & crispy Bitter gourd chips makes a perfect tea time snack. I have already posted the recipe for Bitter gourd Pakoda which is also a deep fried tea time snack. But compared to the pakodas this chips uses very little flours, spices and its as simple as fried onions and can be done in a jiffy n serve with your favorite hot or cold drink. We even love this bitter gourd chips as a side dish with rasam or sambar rice.

Ingredients
  1. Bitter gourd   2 medium sized (cut into thin slices, remove seeds)
  2. Rice flour      1 and 1/2 tbsp
  3. Gram flour    1 tsp
  4. Salt   to taste
  5. Chilli powder     1/2 tsp or to taste
  6. Turmeric powder   a pinch
  7. Hing    a pinch (optional)
  8. Oil    to deep fry

Method
  • Wash bitter gourds thoroughly then wipe it with paper towel.
  • Cut into thin slices(as thin as possible) and spread the cut slices in a plate and leave it aside for 10-15 minutes, this way the excess moisture gets dried.
  • After that to the bitter gourd slices, add rice flour, gram flour, salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder and mix everything well. Do not add or sprinkle water.
  • Now heat oil in kadai, when it gets heated add slice by slice and deep fry in medium high heat on both sides until the hissing sound stops.
  • Once the sound stops, the bitter gourds are done, remove from the oil and drain the excess oil in paper towel.
  • Do repeat the same procedure for all remaining bitter gourd slices, add 15-20 slices per batch, if using wide pan add more, depending on the pan size fry more or less, do not clump all together.
  • That's it...Crispy & tasty Bitter gourd chips ready to munch.

28 comments:

  1. mmmm...looks so tempting Sangee...Love this one

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  2. My mom makes this and we love this.. As a kid, this was the only way I used to eat pavakkai.. Beautiful clicks Sangee.. Green on Green presentation um nalla irukku.. :)

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  3. One of my fav Sangee.Looks super crispy.

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  4. my fav fry and a very healthy one :) looks super crispy :)

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  5. hey, when i was in school one of my friends used to bring this and she did not like it.. so i used to enjoy the whole cup and pass my side dish to her which she happily enjoyed

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  6. delicious and inviting recipe..semma tempting pa

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  7. liked last click sangee.. paavakkai poriyal ku apparam this one is my fav snack..

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  8. looks so crispy and very inviting, nicely done Sangee..

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  9. Hi Sangeetha, just popped over to let you know that your link to Food on Friday: Mexican Food was featured in my Need Some Inspiration? Series today. Hope you are having a good week.

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  10. Looks super crispy akka and loved that green painted board :) Lovd the last click :) This is my H's fav he can have kgs of it ;)

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  11. oh wow... absolutely love it...

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  12. I too make this often & love to the core.. Yummy clicks :)

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  13. I don't know why I like this bitter vegetable so much. I also do crispy fry to go with dahl and rice. The tempting pics are making me hungry.

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  14. perfectly done...love them so crisp and fine for coffee

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  15. Crispy and inviting bitter gourd.
    Deepa

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  16. Here at my place, I heard they put drinking straw in hot oil then fry flitter so that it can be crispy (including bitter guard). So scary....

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  17. We too make the same adding sambar powder:) tempting clicks :)

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  18. crispy one ! wanted to try for long time since fried away from this !

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  19. my fav veggie and always craving for this fry.perfect with rice and yoghurt.nice clicks akka

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  20. They look insanely crispy and thin:) A job well done

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  21. Delicious and crispy chips, loved the last pic.

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  22. Omg, i want those crispy fries Sangee, love ur set up and especially that specs and note book touch.

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  23. Wow Sangee dear super tempting chips and clicks ;-) I love this so much, I think I must make a batch of them this week... Love the background too

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  24. Perfect crispy fries...looks yum

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