Papdi recipe | Papdi for chaat | How to make papdi for chaat recipes
Papdi recipe-easy recipe for making fried papdi,a crispy,flaky and delicious shortbread made with wheat flour and spices. Used in chaat recipes or served as teatime snack.
Servings: 40 papdi
Calories: 728kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour/maida
- 2 teaspoons ghee
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1/2 teaspoon nigella seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds
- Salt
- Oil for deep frying
- Cold water for kneading the dough
Instructions
- Take the measured maida and wheat flour in a mixing bowl.
- Add the ghee,salt,carom seeds,nigella seeds and cumin seeds. Mix well with a spoon till the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
- Now add the cold water and knead to a stiff dough. Do not add more water. Let the dough rest for 20-30 minutes.
- Divide the entire dough into 4-6 portions and roll out one portion into a circle,do not roll it very thin,it should be a bit thicker than chapathi.
- Heat oil for deep frying. While the oil is getting heated,use a small cookie cutter or a lid and cut out small circles from the rolled dough. Prick each papdi with a fork to avoid puffing while frying.
- Deep fry the cut papdis in the hot oil till golden brown from both sides.
- Finish off the the rest of the dough same way. Store the fried papdi in an airtight box and serve as teatime snack or use for chaar recipes.
Notes
1. Use cold water to knead the dough to get flaky papdis
2. You can even use cold butter instead of ghee
3. If you want yu cann add 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder along with salt.
2. You can even use cold butter instead of ghee
3. If you want yu cann add 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder along with salt.
Nutrition
Serving: 40papdi | Calories: 728kcal