Karela Chat | champakali| elo jhelo
A crispy savory beautiful shaped snack made with refined flour and few spices
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Kids Friendly, snacks/starters, Tiffin recipes, Travel Food
Cuisine: Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Keyword: champakali nimki snack, crispy karela nimki, mathri, nimki
Servings: 25 pieces
Calories: 57kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi
- 2 cup Refined Flour / Maida
- 1/4 cup Cooking Oil
- 1/2 tsp Carom Seeds / Ajwain
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/2 tsp Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch crushed
- To taste Salt / Namak
In a bowl take refined flour,cumin,carom,crushed pepper corns ,salt and 1/4 cup cooking oil.
Mix every thing well then add some water and make a medium stiff dough.
Cover with a cloth and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
Make small balls from the dough.
Roll the dough balls to make small thin pooris.
Make vertical slits all over leaving some portion on the sides.
Now roll the pooris to make a cylinder.
Heat enough oil in a deep pan.
Deep fry the prepared karelas on medium to low heat in batches.
Fry all the karelas and drain on a paper napkin.
Karela chat-
Arrange few fried karelas on a plate and put some boiled potato cubes over it.
Drizzle some yogurt ,green chutney and tamarind chutney.
Sprinkle roasted cumin powder,red chili powder and black salt.
Serve immediately.
Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 0.3mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.03g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.5mg