Karela Bajji Recipe - Pavakkai Bajji Recipe | Bittergourd

Name: Karela Bajji Recipe - Pavakkai Bajji Recipe | Bittergourd
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 null Karela (Bitter Gourd/ Pavakkai) cut into roundels; 1/2 cup Gram flour (besan); 3 cloves Garlic finely chopped; 1 teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds); 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi); 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder; 1 pinch Asafoetida (hing); null Salt to taste

Archana's Kitchen

June 6, 2018

925 Ratings

Karela Bajji Recipe - Pavakkai Bajji Recipe | Bittergourd

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 10 M|Total: 20 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Appetizer

Cuisine:Indian

Karela Bajji Recipe is a crispy-crunchy bajji recipe, with a crispy outer made from gram flour along with a crunchy karela on the inside. The bajji batter is flavored with ajwain and garlic, adding to the delicious taste of the karela Bajji recipe.

Serve Karela Bajji Recipe as an evening snack along with Green Chutney and a hot cup of Masala Chai.

Take a look at our other Bajji/ Pakora Recipes :

Serve Karela Bajji Recipe as an evening snack along with Green Chutney and a hot cup of Masala Chai.

Take a look at our other Bajji/ Pakora Recipes :

Ingredients

For the Bajji Batter

1 Karela (Bitter Gourd/ Pavakkai), cut into roundels

1/2 cup Gram flour (besan)

3 cloves Garlic, finely chopped

1 teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder

1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)

Salt, to taste

Instructions for Karela Bajji Recipe - Pavakkai Bajji Recipe | Bittergourd

To begin making the Karela Bajji Recipe, wash the karela thoroughly, lightly peel off the skin and cut them into roundels of medium thickness.

*For the Karela Bajji Batter

In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients of bajji batter which includes gram flour, turmeric powder, ajwain, garlic, red chilli powder, asafoetida, and salt.

Mix in just enough water to form a thick batter to thickly coat back of a spoon. Keep the bajji batter aside.

Heat oil in a heavy bottoemd pan/kadai for deep frying the karela bajji on medium heat.

Coat each of the sliced karela roundels in the gram flour bajji batter and gradually let it into the oil and deep fry the Karela Bajji until golden brown in color.

Drain the Karela Bajji on an absorbent paper placed in a plate to absorb the excess oil and serve hot.

Serve Karela Bajji Recipe as an evening snack along with Green Chutney and a hot cup of Masala Chai.