Recipe: Delicious Gujarati khichu

Gujarati khichu. It is known as "Khichu" in Gujarati and actually a dough from which traditional papads are prepared. However, this dough alone is so delicious with groundnut oil that people eat it as a snack. Khichu can be prepared from various types of flours like rice flour, wheat flour, bajri flour, nachani flour, jowar flour etc.

Heat that on another stove on medium heat. Khichu is a Gujarati, healthy and delicious, snack/breakfast that is gluten free and vegan. It is prepared with rice flour that is added to hot boiling water along with spices like ajwain and jeera. You can have Gujarati khichu using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Gujarati khichu

1. You need 2 cups of rice flour.
2. Prepare 6 cups of Water.
3. You need 5-6 of crushed green chillies.
4. Prepare 2 tablespoon of cumin seeds.
5. It's 2 tablespoon or to taste of salt.
6. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of soda bicarb.
7. It's as needed of Oil.
8. Prepare as needed of Methi masala.

This mixture is then shaped into small disks with an indent in the centre and steamed in a idli cooker. Popular dishes such as Dhokla, Fafda and Khandvi, top the charts of Gujarati cuisine. But the Khichu is not too far behind. In my opinion, it is a part of the anytime snack category.

Gujarati khichu step by step

1. In a big pan heat water..
2. Add salt, cumin seeds and crushed green chillies..
   
3. When it comes to boil add soda bicarb..
   
4. Add rice flour slowly..
   
5. Stir immediately with rolling stick or wooden stick and mix well..
6. Put this pan on tawa, cover with lid and cook for 5-7 minutes on low flame..
7. Khichu is ready to serve. Apply oil and methi masala over it and enjoy hot..

Essentially, Khichu is the snack version of Papdi No Lot, which means dough for papad. Gujarati khichu is one of the most favourite Gujarati breakfast & very well know street food. Khichu is healthy & very tasty snack made up of rice flour. It is very simple and easy to make yet delivers one of the tasty and healthy snack recipes for all age groups. Gujarat is known for its many snacks that are a treat to the palate even while being friendly to the stomach!