Karela Chaat Recipe
Karela Chaat is not made of the vegetable Bitter Gourd. This recipe is a Bitter Gourd shaped namkeen (salty-fried snack) made of flour.
Karela Chaat is very famous in the Braj region of India and its neighboring areas.
You can not only eat the Karela namkeen as chat, but also like a tea time snack. So let’s get ready to make mouth watering Karela Chaat.
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IngredientsFor Karela Namkeen
- Flour (Maida) - 250 grams (2 cups)
- Carom seeds (Ajwain) - ½ teaspoon
- Salt - to taste (½ teaspoon)
- Black Pepper - ½ teaspoon (coarsely ground)
- Ghee - 60 grams (½ cup)
- Oil - For frying
For Chaat
- Potato (Aloo) - 2 (boiled)
- Curd (Dahi) - 1 cup
- Sweet Chutney - ½ cup
- Green Chutney - ½ cup
- Roasted Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1 teaspoon
- Black Salt - to taste
- Red Chili - to taste
- Sev thin - 1 cup
- Green Coriander (Dhaniya) - 1 tablespoon (chopped)
- Pomegranate (Anar) - 1 tablespoon (optional)
Method To fry Karela
Sift plain flour and add ghee, salt, carom seeds and black pepper. Add water and knead firm dough. Cover and keep dough aside for 20 minutes to set.
Make lemon sized balls from the dough. Roll into thin puris (rounds) 5”-6” in diameter. Use a knife to make cuts in puris as shown in the picture. Lift from two sides and roll (fold). Make all Karelas in the same way.
Heat oil in a karahi (wok). Deep fry all Karelas in hot oil till they turn brown. Keep the bitter-gourds on a plate on paper napkins to allow the oil to drain.. They are ready for chaat.
To make the Chaat
Drain the water out of the curd using a fine cloth and beat well.
Place 2 Karelas in a plate. Add curd, red chutney, green chutney and mashed potato on top. Add some more curd, black salt, sev, roasted cumin seeds, and red chili powder. Garnish with green coriander and pomegranate. The lip smacking Karela chaat is ready.
Like Karela Chaat, you will also love Karela Namkeen.
Store rest of the Karela in an air tight container. Eat them with tea or at any time as a snack. You will love Karela namkeen with tea. They can be stored fresh for four to five weeks like any other Namkeen.
Karela Chaat Recipe Video in Hindi
