- Wash and cut the Bitter Gourd into thin circles. Take out the seed. Take this chopped in a wide plate. To the chopped Bitter Gourd, add gram flour, rice flour, salt, hing and red chili powder Mix the flours with bitter gourd. Sprinkle water little by little and coat the flours on each and every Bitter Gourd Ring. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. When the oil is hot enough, take each coated bitter gourd piece and drop in hot oil. Add 7-10 pieces per batch. Keep the flame in medium and deep fry the bitter gourd pakoda till it is golden brown and crispy. Take each fried batch and place it in paper and serve hot.