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Baked Bitter Gourd Chips, Baked Chips, Baked Healthy chips, Bitter gourd, Bitter Gourd Chips, Healthy Chips, Pagarkai Chips
I finally nailed on this recipe with baking. Usually these chips are deep fried in oil at my home. My grandpa used to get 3 kgs of bitter gourds when the rates are reduced and he used to ask us to fry it 🙂 It takes a lot of time and patience to complete so much of frying. But worth doing it for its taste. Its not bitter but has a lovely taste. My friends used to love this. One of my friend sparked me with the question, you are deep frying it, will it not remove the nutrients? That time I never knew what is baking 🙂 Many of my co bloggers have got baked chips. So I thought of preparing it myself with bitter gourd.
Searched for recipes, I got many in google. The first time, it got burnt, but the taste remained the same as how I used to deep fry it 🙂 This time when I baked it I could get it correctly. Mine is a mix of various recipes that I found. Here we go 🙂
Ingredients:
Bitter Gourd : 2 large
Tamarind juice : 2 tablespoons
Red Chili Powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder : 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala : 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Salt : 1 teaspoon
Chickpea flour/ Besan : 1 1/2 tablespoon
Sesame Oil : 1 tablespoon
Method:
- Cut the bitter gourd to round pieces.
- Mix all other ingredients in a bowl add the bitter gourd, marinate it for 15 mins.
- Preheat oven to 425 F, grease a baking sheet with sesame oil.
- After 15 mins, arrange the bitter gourds in the sheet one by one. Don’t overlap.
- Bake for 15 mins. Then remove baking sheet and flip sides for even baking.
- Again bake for 15 mins. If still not done bake for 5 more mins. This time is a little crucial, it might get burnt. So be careful and remove if needed.
- Cool for 10 mins and serve 🙂
Instead of tamarind juice , lemon juice can also be used.
OMG , was looking for bitter gourd chips recipe and then you posted it . So making them first thing tomorrow 🙂
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Aww, that’s so nice, do try it 🙂
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🙂
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Baked chips are always my fav:-) crispy chips.. Love it
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Thanks Vidya 🙂
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I don’t even know what bitter gourd is, and they still look fantastic to me!
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Thank you 🙂 they are also called bitter melons , not sure if you can find them !! They are extremely good for health and hope you can find it soon 🙂
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Maybe another Australian can help me out here – what would they be called in our shops I wonder?
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These sound delicious Malar!! Yum!!
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Thanks Lori 🙂
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It looks awesome Malar 🙂
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Thanks Linda 🙂
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OMG 🙂 Look at that 🙂
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🙂 thanks dear!!!
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Looks great Malar. I will definitely try this one! Love it 🙂
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Thanks Radhika 🙂
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Omg! These look so cute! Great idea Chitra! 🙂
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This is the only way I ever eat karela Malar 🙂 Thanks for sharing a baked recipe, now I need to find some karela!
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🙂 yes Naina many of my friends don’t like karela, and I am a big fan ( I don’t know how 😛 ) you will not find the bitterness in these chips 🙂 do try it 🙂
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Bitter gourd and baked very healthy idea..
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Yep, Thanks Natasha 🙂
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True Dear those days we used to never think of deep fried, healthy , nutrition just enjoy …but now each and every ingredient we have to measure and know their pros and cons. …ufff ….my daughter doesn’t eat spicy foods and very choosy she and you know if I ask her to try out something new the first Q would be ” mamma are they healthy? Lol…..theses chips looks yum and I haven’t tried bitter gourd chips , can’t wait to bring this in my kitchen. …thanx dear….
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Lol!!!, how sweet she asks if this is healthy 😀 she is a smart kid I say 🙂 These days many kids are drawn towards the unhealthy eating habits, going for highly deep fried items 😦 and parents as they don’t have enough time to manage they get the kids what ever they want, that’s the sad part….I really admire you Chitra, you have grown up your daughter in the right path. I should learn from you 🙂 Do try these, they are very yummy 🙂
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Wow, my favorite 🙂 But as my oven is not in working condition now I will have to fry them..
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🙂 mine to, love bitter gourd chips 🙂
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I hate, Bitter gourds!! I remember Mom making me eat while I was a kid! 😛 But this sounds good. I’ll definitely try.
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Sure Shalini, do try it 🙂
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Temperature is too high. My chips got burnt the first time, leave out turning over.
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Thanks for your comments, it depends on the Oven type and the effect. Mine was a old one and needed more time. Hope you got the right timing for yours.
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