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Fulwadi recipe | how to make Gujarati fulwadi | phoolwadi recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

  • 2 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 2 tbsp black pepper
  • 5 tbsp curd
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp fennel seeds
  • 2 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp. red chilli powder
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • ¼ tsp citric acid - limbu na phool
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 cup coarse besan - gram flour
  • 1 cup regular besan - gram flour
  • Pinch cooking soda
  • Oil to deep fry

Instructions

  • In a mixture jar, add coriander seeds and black pepper. Grind it into a coarse mixture.
  • In a bowl, add curd, salt, red chilli powder, white sesame seeds, fennel seeds, sugar, a pinch of citric acid, grinded coriander seeds and black pepper and oil. Mix well.
  • Add coarse besan and regular besan in a bowl. Mix well and knead dough.
  • Cover and rest dough for 35-40 minutes.
  • In a bowl, mix baking soda and water. add soda to the dough and mix well.
  • Then gradually add water to the flour mix and prepare a soft dough
  • Heat oil and using a fulwadi mesh (zara) start making the fulwadi.
  • Grease the mesh with oil.
  • Take a small amount of fulwadi dough and put it on the fulwadi jaro / mesh than with one hand hold the jaro and with the other hand press the dough.
  • You will see fulwadi dough passing through those big holes and dropping into the hot oil.
  • As soon as fulwadi floats on the oil, turn the heat slightly low and fry the fulwadi until nice and crispy brown.
  • If you don’t have fulwadi jara, then grease the plastic bag with oil. Then add fulwadi dough and make a cone from a plastic bag.
  • Cut the front of the cone and make fulwadi with the help of the cone and fry them on low heat.
  • You can also make fulwadi with your hand.
  • Store in an airtight container once the fulwadi reaches room temperature.

Notes

  • The proportion of both types of flour should be equal.
  • Dilute baking soda with water and then add to the dough.
  • Add water little by little and knead the dough till it changes its color and becomes soft.
  • With grease palm, press the dough on zara plate.
  • Fry fulvadi on low-medium flame.