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Recipe for Bitter Gourd fry
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Ingredients
- Bitter gourd medium sized- 1 no.
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp+1 tsp
- Red chilly powder- 1 tsp
- Amchur powder- 1/2 tsp
- Gram flour- 1.5 tsbp
- Rice flour- 1.5 tbsp
- Cooking Oil- Enough to deep fry
Instructions
Preparation
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Rinse off the bitter gourd under running water and wipe it. Chop it in to thin slices. Add a tsp of salt and turmeric powder and let it marinate for 20 minutes. After that wash it off with water. This step helps to reduce the bitterness.
Method
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Drain the bitter gourd slices till dry and take them in a bowl. Sprinkle red chilly powder, salt, amchur powder. Toss it so that the spices coat over the bittergourd slices.
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Next add gram flour, rice flour and toss once again. Meanwhile heat a wok with enough oil, when it heats up drop the spice coated slices carefully in to oil.
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In medium flame, fry them till they turn crisp and brown. Using a slotted ladle, remove from oil and drain over kitchen tissue.
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Crispy side dish bitter gourd fry is ready to serve with rice-rasam combo.
Notes
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Marinating the bitter gourd slices in salt and turmeric powder helps to reduce the bitterness. So don’t skip it.
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You can increase the quantity of gram flour and rice flour, if you want a thick coating over the slices.
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After deep frying, you can garnish with coriander leaves and sesame seeds like me.
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