Recipe- Healthy To Eat Crispy Karela Chaat

Champakali -crispy karela is a savory snack made with refined flour and few spices.It is rolled and then shaped in a form of a flower bud which opens while frying.It is many interesting names in different Indian States.Fried karela is used as a savory snack and as a sweet also,The plain unsalted ones are fried and then dipped in sugar syrup .

Ingredients

2 cup Refined Flour / Maida
1/4 cup Cooking Oil
1/2 tsp Carom Seeds / Ajwain
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/2 tsp Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch crushed
To taste Salt / Namak

Method

- In a bowl take refined flour,cumin,carom,crushed pepper corns ,salt and 1/4 cup cooking oil.

- Mix every thing well then add some water and make a medium stiff dough.

- Cover with a cloth and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.

- Make small balls from the dough.

- Roll the dough balls to make small thin pooris.

- Make vertical slits all over leaving some portion on the sides.

- Now roll the pooris to make a cylinder.

- Heat enough oil in a deep pan.

- Deep fry the prepared karelas on medium to low heat in batches.

- Fry all the karelas and drain on a paper napkin.

- Karela chat- Arrange few fried karelas on a plate and put some boiled potato cubes over it.

- Drizzle some yogurt ,green chutney and tamarind chutney.

- Sprinkle roasted cumin powder,red chili powder and black salt.

- Serve immediately.