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Fulwadi recipe | Gujarati fulvadi recipe | masala fulwadi recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
4 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

  • 500 grm coarse besan - gram flour
  • 80 grm oil - approx. 6 tbsp
  • 4 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • 4 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tbsp coarsely crushed black pepper
  • 2 tbsp fennel seeds
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp hing
  • 6 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp papad khar
  • 125 grm or ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp limbu na phool - citric acid
  • 125 grm or ¾ cup curd
  • ½ cup water or as required
  • Oil for frying

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add oil, white sesame seeds, crushed coriander seeds, crushed black pepper, fennel seeds, salt, hing, Kashmiri red chilli powder, papad khar, sugar, limbu na phool (citric acid) and curd. Mix well till sugar is completely dissolve.
  • Add coarse besan and mix well.
  • Now add water gradually and knead soft dough.
  • Cover and rest dough for 35-40 minutes.
  • Then sprinkle some water and rub the dough for 3-4 minutes (refer video).
  • Heat oil and using a fulwadi mesh (zara) start making the fulwadi.
  • Grease the mesh with oil.
  • Take small amount of fulwadi dough and put it on the fulwadi jaro / mesh then with one hand hold the jaro and with other hand press the dough.
  • You will see fulwadi dough passing through those big holes and dropping in to the hot oil. (refer video)
  • 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 plastic bag with oil. Then add fulwadi dough and make a cone from plastic bag.
  • Cut the front of cone and make fulwadi with the help of cone and fry them on low heat.
  • Store in a airtight container once the fulwadi reaches room temperature .

Notes

  1. Use coarse besan for fulwadi dough.
  2. Mix oil and masala until the sugar is completely dissolved.
  3. Papad khar gives a crispy texture to fulwadi; you can use ¼ tsp baking soda instead of it.
  4. Add water gradually and knead a soft dough for fulwadi.
  5. Rest the dough for 30-40 minutes.
  6. Fry fulwadi on a medium flame. Do not fry it on high flame.