Paavakai Chips (Bitter gourd chips)

Most of us hesitate to have Bitter gourd as the name itself tells us it is very bitter. This is a good evening snack. Got this recipe from Sharmispassion, but did small alterations. This is very flavorful and must try and doesn't absorb much oil.

Ingredients
4 Bitter Gourd 
2 1/2 tablespoon Rice flour
2 tablespoon Corn flour
4 tablespoon Chickpea flour
1 1/2 tablespoon chilly powder
1 tablespoon Fennel powder
A pinch of Cumin powder
Salt

Method

• Wash Bitter gourd and allow it to dry. Slice it evenly thin.
• Take a bowl and mix the rest of the ingredients together.
• Sprinkle the mixture to the sliced bitter gourd and add 1 or 2 tablespoon of water.
• Mix well, don't add too much of water. (The water is added so that all the dry ingredients get stick to the bitter gourd).
• Heat oil and fry them until most of the bubbles are gone or when it turns golden brown. 
• Leave these chips in a kitchen tissue paper so that it absorbs all oil and then store in a air-tight container.

Note

• Cut the Bitter gourd and refrigerate. Mix other ingredients on the next day,  by doing this way personally i felt it is much crispier than the usual chips.
• In most of the paavakai chips recipe, they have mentioned to bake for 5 mins, which personally i felt not required.