How much cooking time?

20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

Ucche Bhaja

Name: Ucche Bhaja
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 4g salt; 2g Turmeric Powder; 30g Mustard Oil; 250g karela; 1g Kalonji

Thin sliced bitter gourd shallow-fried with turmeric and nigella seeds in mustard oil. Bengali bitter palate cleanser.

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Time 20 min · Serves 4 · 79 kcal · All Bengal, West Bengal

Ingredients

Main

salt — 4 g
Turmeric Powder — 2 g
Mustard Oil — 30 g
karela — 250 g

Tempering

Kalonji — 1 g

Method

Wash and slice karela into thin rounds.
Rub with salt and turmeric. Rest 15 minutes.
Squeeze out the water lightly.
Heat mustard oil. Add kalonji; let it sizzle.
Add karela. Fry, stirring often, until crisp and brown.
Drain on paper. Serve with rice as the first course.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Ucche Bhaja?: 79 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 20 min — 10 min prep, 10 min cooking.

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