I have tried a few variations before finalising on the perfect recipe..
Combined ½ cup All purpose flour & ½ cup Wheat Flour along with ¼th cup Semolina with the rest of the seasoning for the dough. Verdict : Slightly chewy papdi’s but healthy one’s Combined Allpurpose flour along with the seasoning for the dough. Verdict : Crispy papdi’s Combined Allpurpose flour along with few tsp’s of Semolina and sesoning for the dough Verdict : Crsipy papdi’s. ( Will prefer the second option).
INGREDIENTS: DIRECTIONS:
Melt 1.5 Tblspn of butter in a large mixing bowl.Combine in All purpose flour , Salt , Ajwain & cumin seeds and mix it with hand with the butter.A crumbly texture should attain. Add very little water to knead them into a stiff dough. Cover the dough and keep it aside for a roughly 15 min. Take a big chunk of the dough and roll it flat with a rolling pin.Using a round pastery cutter or a rectangular one cut shapes as desired. Use a fork to pierce a few holes around and this will eliminate the papdi’s from puffing up. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai in a low-medium flame. Add a small piece of the dough to check if the oil is rightly heated. Papdi’s needs to go to the base of the pan and come up quickly . Drop in the papdi’s in batches.Fry them in low flame until color turns a bit of light yellow. Drain the papdi onto the kitchen towel. Once they get to room temperature ,store them in an airtight container.Repeat the process for the rest of the dough and enzoy the papdi’s. I used them up to make Sev Puri ’s and Papdi Chat. . This time.. Sev Puri recipe will b up soon.. No more waiting… like other ones… Until then enjoy the pleasant wait for Diwali.
