Karela Fry
Karela Fry is an Indian lunch dish made with bitter gourd, onions, turmeric, red chili powder and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 30 mins
- Calories (estimate)
- ~120 kcal
- Course
- Lunch
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
What goes into Karela Fry. This recipe lists ingredients without measured quantities — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- Bitter gourd
- Onions
- Turmeric
- Red chili powder
- Amchur
- Jaggery
- Salt
Method
- 1Slice bitter gourd, rub with salt and turmeric
- 2Let sit for 15 minutes, squeeze out water
- 3Fry in oil until crispy
- 4Add onions, spices, amchur
- 5Add a pinch of jaggery to balance bitterness
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
