PAPADI RECIPE

PAPADI RECIPE

Papadi recipe with step by step photos –  Papadi are deep fried, crisp, small flour crackers or pooris laced with either carom or cumin seeds or both. They are used in most chaat recipes like papadi chaat, dahi bhalla, bhel puri, sev puri. They can also be had just plain or with a cup of tea as a snack.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup whole wheat flour (Atta)
• 1 cup all purpose flour (Maida)
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (Sabut jeera)
• 1 teaspoon carom seeds (Ajwain)
• 2 tablespoon Ghee or 2 tablespoon oil
• 6 tablespoon water or as required
• salt as required
• oil for deep frying

PROCESS

1) Mix the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour (Maida), carom seeds, cumin seeds and salt.

2) Add ghee or oil in the dough and rub till you get a bread crumb like consistency in the mixture. This method helps in making the papadis a bit flaky.

3) Add water and knead to a dough. Keep covered for 30 mins.

4) Knead again and then divide the dough into 4 equal balls.

5) Roll each dough ball thin. Prick the cut out papadi with fork, so that they don’t puff while frying and become crisp.

6) Using a cookie cutter, cut different shapes or round shape. Remove the extra rolled dough and use to make the rest of the papadis.

7) Slid the papadi in hot oil and with the help of a slotted spoon, fry them till golden.

8) Drain the fried papadi on paper towel to remove excess oil. Continue in the same way rolling, cutting and frying the papadi.

9) Add them in an air tight box or jar.

10) Use them whenever you want to make sev poori, aloo chana chaat, dahi papadi chaat. You can also have papadi with a cup of hot tea.