Take all purpose flour in mixing bowl add oil and salt, mix everything really well. Add water in small portions to the flour and knead stiff dough. Dough should be harder than required for making pooris. Cover and leave the dough on one side for 30 minutes to set.

Later, knead the dough a little and divide it into medium lemon size lumps. Take a lump and roll it out into 6 to 7 inch diameter round and thin poori.

Now cut the poori into less than 1/2 cm thin strips leaving ½ inch space from top and bottom.Then start folding the poori from one side to another side of it. Stick the ½ inch top and bottom properly to make both the ends pointy like bitter gourd. Place the prepared bitter gourd shaped nimki on a plate and likewise prepare the rest of them.

Heat enough oil in a wok on low medium flame to deep fry the bitter gourd shaped nimki. When the oil gets heated, slide the bitter gourd shaped nimki in the wok.

Later, transfer the fried bitter gourd shaped nimki on a plate covered with absorbent paper. Finely powdered sugar used to make icing on all over champakali Nimki. Karela nimki are ready.

Suggestion:- if you wanna this in sweet then deep this fried nimki into sticky sugar syrup and then transfer sweet nimki on plate.

Enjoy this champakali nimki at anytime.