Recipe: Perfect Gujarati Fafda

Gujarati Fafda. Fafda is a traditional Gujarati snack, which is kind of like a test of one's cooking skills! This crispy besan snack requires a lot of practice, and once you master the art, it shows your culinary prowess. You need to shape and loosen the dough tactfully, and also have to fry the Fafda on a medium flame.

Fafda got famous by a festival named Dusherra. Traditionally, fafda and jalebi are the most sought-after sweet and salt combination in Gujarati cuisine. The two snacks are popular as breakfast items among Gujarati people. You can have Gujarati Fafda using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gujarati Fafda

1. You need 500 gms of Besan.
2. Prepare 1 Bowl of Oil.
3. You need 1 Bowl of Water.
4. You need 1 Tsp of Ajwain (Carom Seeds).
5. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Black Pepper (Coarse Powder).
6. It's 1 Tsp of Padiyo Kharo (Baking Soda).
7. Prepare of as required Oil For Frying.
8. Prepare of as per taste Salt.

To create Fafda, besan (Bengal gram flour), oil, carom seeds (ajwain), papad khar, salt to taste. Amalgamate all the ingredients in a bowl and create. Farsan is a term that is used for snacks in Gujrat. Gujarati cuisine has so many popular Farsans like Khaman dhokla, fafda, khandvi and many more.

Gujarati Fafda instructions

1. Assemble everything together..
   
2. Take oil, water, soda, salt and blend it till it becomes white in colour..
   
   
   
3. Take Besan in a container add ajwain and black pepper to it. Add blended oil and water mixture to it. Knead a tight dough. Knead the dough for 10 to 15 minutes till it changes colour..
   
   
4. On back side of a plate apply oil and roll a very thin sheet from the dough. Cut the rolled sheets into equal strips..
5. Deep fry till crispy..
6. Serve with hot chutney, Chillies and papaya pickle..

Fafda snack can be have at any time to enjoy your tea party and it can be enjoyed with chutney and some fried green chillies. This is a tea time snack. Fafda is a fried crispy crunchy tasty snack made with besan (gram flour), laced with carom seeds and black pepper. It is a popular Gujarati vegan snack. This recipe makes for fafda which tastes similar to the one you get outside.