besan papri recipe
besan papdi is a tea time snack that satisfies your munching carvings
Ingredients
- 2 cup Besan/ gram flour
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp Carom seeds
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Kalonji optional
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for frying
- Water as per need
Instructions
- Sieve besan / gram flour in a bowl.
- Add cumin seeds, carom seeds, red chilli powder, kalonji and salt. Mix well.
- Add oil and mix it with the other mixture well so that all looks like a breadcrumbs.
- Knead a hard dough by adding water in it.
- Keep the dough at rest for 10 minutes.
- Take a ball out of dough and roll it like a thin chapati.
- Prick the flattened chapati with the fork so that papdis shouldn't puff up while frying.
- Mark the cuts in the rolled chapati with the help of round cutter or some glass or katori. Take out the extra dough from the sides.
- Make more papdis with the entire dough by using same method.
- Transfer a batch of papdis in hot oil for deep frying.
- Once you put the papdis in hot oil, they will sink to the bottom. Don't disturb them. They will themselves start floating over the oil after couple of seconds.
- Flip over the sides of papdis and fry them till they turn light golden brown.
- Take them out and place on a plate carrying paper nepkin so that it absorbs extra oil.
- Your besan Papdi is ready. Once they turn completely cool, transfer them to air tight container.