No-Fry Karela Crispies (Bitter Melon)
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 2 bitter melons
- 2 -3 tablespoons oil
- salt, to taste
- 1⁄2 tablespoon red chili powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric
directions
- Preheat the oven to about 375°F.
- Wash the bitter melon and slice them using a mandolin slicer into thin round slices.
- Mix with salt, turmeric and chilli powder and marinate for about 1/2 an hour. Squeeze excess moisture out.
- Spread foil on a baking tray and grease it with about a tbsp oil. Toss the bitter melon slices with 2 tbsp oil and spread them on the baking tray.
- Bake for about 5-7 mins and then broil it for 7 minutes Depending on the type of your oven, the broiling might be a few mins more or less. Crispy Karela -- without frying!
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Reviews
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My first taste of Bitter Melon and I found it very pleasing. The recipe didn't say to remove the seeds but I saw on another recipe that they removed them. After slicing the melon the seeds were all cut and looked weird so I removed them and the white mwmbrane leaving lovely green circles.. I put the sliced melon on paper towels , sprinkled salt over it and put a paper towel on top -left it for 45 minutes. A lot of moisture came out. Then I mixed the tumeric & chili (Iwas generous with the chili) in a zip lock bag added the melon, shook it well to coat all the pieces and put it in the fridge for a couple of hours. Just before baking I added 1 tbsp of oil and baked them at 375 for apprz 15 minutes. They weren't really crisp but they sure were tasty. The flavor is hard to describe -It is bitter but not unplesantly so. Will make again.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sandi From CA
Arcadia, California