Ingredients
- 4 long Bitter gourds
- 1 tbsp chili garlic powder (adjust to taste)
- 1 tsp salt ( adjust to taste)
- ½ tsp each of mustard seeds, cumin, urad dal and chana
dal.
- ¼ spoon turmeric
- 1 stalk of curry leaves
- dry red chilies
Method
- Wash and cut bitter gourd into thin round slices with a slicer or a mandolin. ( If you cannot handle bitterness, Scrap the rough skin of bitter gourd with a knife or a peeler and cut them into thin round slices. If you still cannot handle the bitterness, add ½ tsp of salt to the chips, mix it thoroughly and let it sit for 10 min with lid closed. Salt extracts moisture, squeeze out the water from chips)
- Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, Add chips and fry them till light brown, don’t burn them.
- In a separate pan heat 1 tbsp of oil. Add mustard seeds, when they crack, add cumin, turmeric, dry red chilies, urad dal and channa dal, fry them until golden brown and add curry leaves.
- Add the fried chips to this tempering. Add chili powder and salt and sauté it for a min.
- Serve with rice and any type of dal. Tastes very good with hot rice and ghee.
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