Karate' Kachri / Karela Chips / Bitter Gourd Fries.

Karate' Kachri / Karela Chips / Bitter Gourd Fries ..... Guilt free coz. they Microwaved .

The technology of microwave is really fascinating and helpful. I have been using microwave method for some types of cooking now for more than 18 years. The options and variations are endless. Many dishes where I had to deep fry the ingredients have now been microwaved to perfection by adding about just a tablespoon of oil. Some of the dishes which were otherwise loaded with oil can now be had guilt free. Karathe / Karela / Bitter gourd chips is one such item which we love in our house but were very skeptical as it had to be deep fried. I have successfully used microwave method for this dish many a times. Here is the method of preparing karate' kachri / Karela Chips / Bitter Gourd Fries using microwave technology with very little oil. Now Karate kachri / Karela Chips / Bitter Gourd Fries can had without any guilt or tension of calories. So go ahead and enjoy these chips by preparing them in a jiffy at home.

Wash and wipe dry 3-4 karate / karela / Bitter gourd. Cut them into thin rings of even size.

Put the cut karathe / karela / bitter gourd rings in a large square microwave dish. Mix the karathe / Karela / bitter gourd with 1 tblsp of oil (any oil will do I used Saffola-heart). Spread the karathe evenly into a layer. 

Microwave on high for 5 minutes. Mix well and microwave on high again for 5 minutes. Remove the microwave dish outside. Sprinkle salt and Red chilly powder to the karathes (as per your taste) and mix well adding a tsp of oil again. 

Microwave on high for another 3 minutes. Repeat the process till you get crispy karathes. Mine took about 17-18 minutes. However the cooking process differs from each oven. So once you cross 15 minutes. Use your judgement and keep repeating the process for a minute only. Crispy guilt free Karathe Kachri / Karela Chips / Bitter Gourd Fries is ready.