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Chat puri recipe | papdi puri recipe | how to make papdi for chat

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine indian street food

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cup all purpose flour - maida
  • 4 tbsp ghee
  • ½ tsp ajwain
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add maida, ajwain, salt, and ghee.
  • Now rub the ghee and flour mixture together using fingertips till the mixture becomes crumbly breadcrumbs-like.
  • Add little water at a time and start kneading the dough. The dough should be semi-soft.
  • Cover the dough and rest for at least 10 minutes.
  • After resting time, knead it once again to smooth out and divide the dough into equal parts.
  • Make a smooth ball and flatten it out between your palm.
  • Then roll puri into a thin and small size disc. Also, roll big-size thin roti and cut small-size puri with a round lid.
  • Roll all puri in the same way and make a bunch of roll puri.
  • Now using the knife, prick a bunch of puri from both sides.
  • Heat the oil in a pan on medium-low heat for deep frying.
  • Place a rolled puri bunch of ladle and dip a ladle into the hot oil. Within 2 minutes bunch of rolled puri separate. (refer to video)
  • Now fry puri till it becomes golden brown and crispy from both sides.
  • Remove them to the wire rack and fry all puris in the same way.
  • Repeat the frying process till all the puris are fried.
  • Cool down fried puri completely, then store them in an airtight container.

Notes

  • add ghee into the dough helps to make khasta papdi
  • knead the semi-soft dough for papdi.
  • roll thin and medium size papdi.
  • prick puri with a fork so it will not puffs up while frying.
  • fry papdi on low-medium heat.
  • papdi tastes great when it is crispy.