Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Crispy Bitter Gourd ( Pavakkai ) Varuval



Ingredients:

  • Bitter Gourd - 2 Cups
  • Besan flour - 1/4 cup
  • Rice flour - 1 tblspn
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tspn
  • Fennel powder - 1 tspn
  • Chilli powder - 1 tspn ( depends on spicyness )
  • Garam masala - a pinch
  • Salt - to taste
  • Oil - for deep fry

Method:

  • Buy 2 inch small size bitter gourd wash it then cut vertically and take out the seeds, after that chop as thin slices
  • Heat oil in a kadai
  • Take the chopped bitter gourd in a plate add salt , ginger garlic paste and mix it with the hand nicely it will ooze out water then add besan, rice fllour, fennel , chilli powder, garam masala powder and mix well
  • Check for the salt, take some amount of the mixture in the hand and drop it in the hot oil
  • Try to drop as individual slices, don't over crowd it 
  • When it turns golden brown or crispy take it out and repeat the process for the remaining mixture
  • Serve this crispy - tasty bitter gourd varuval as side dish for sambar, rasam and curd rice

Note:

  • Keep the stove in low flame, then only it will become crispy otherwise
  • Don't chop the bitter gourdin to thick slices
  • If you don't get small size bitter gourd then slice the big one and then cut it into 2 inch size

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