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Gujarati vanva | fafda recipe | diwali special fafda recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dry namkeen
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

  • 120 grm or 1 tightly pack gram flour - besan
  • 30 grm or ¼ cup urad dal flour
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ¼ tsp hing
  • 1 tsp ajwain - carom seeds
  • 1 tsp crushed black pepper
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ¼ cup or 50 ml water - as required
  • ½ tsp ghee
  • 1/8 tsp or pinch of baking soda
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • In a bowl sieve besan and urad dal flour. Then add salt, turmeric powder, hing, ajwain, black pepper powder, and oil. Mix well.
  • Now in a pan, add water and ghee. Switch off the gas and add 1/8 or a pinch of baking soda to it.
  • Add water mixture gradually into flour and knead stiff dough.
  • On a kitchen platform or plastic sheet, apply some oil on it. Place dough on it and make it smooth with a rolling pin or pestle for 7-8 min till it becomes pliable and the color turns a little lighter. You can alternatively knead it with your hands.
  • Starch the dough and make a log from it. cut it into equal parts.
  • Take a lemon size ball and using some rice flour roll it thinner than chapati.
  • Heat oil for frying and add vanva (fafda) on high flame, then lower the flame and fry mathiya till it becomes crispy. It takes 1-2 minutes.
  • Remove on the wire rack and fry all vanva (mathiya) in the same way.
  • Serve or fried vanva (fafda), cool down store them in an airtight container for longer shelf life.

Notes

  • knead the very tight and stiff dough for vanva (fafda)
  • beat vanva (fafda) dough until it becomes smooth, pliable, and lighter in color.
  • roll vanva (fafda) dough into very thin roti.
  • for frying, add vanva (mathiya) on a high flame and lower the flame to make it crispy.