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Fafda recipe | Gujarati fafda recipe | fafda Gathiya with besan kadhi and sambharo

Author Nehas Cook Book
4 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack, Street Food
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

For fafda

  • 250 grm besan - gram flour
  • ½ tsp ajwain
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 tsp salt or as per your taste
  • 1 tsp or 3 grm gathiya soda - soda ash
  • 3 tbsp or 25 grm oil
  • Oil for frying

Masala for fafda

  • 1 tsp asafetida - hing
  • ½ tsp black pepper powder
  • ½ tsp black salt

Besan kadhi

  • 2 tbsp besan
  • 1/8 tsp limbu na phool
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ cup + 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • 2 chopped green chilli
  • Salt to taste

Raw Papaya sambharo

  • 1 cup grated raw papaya
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • Papaya sambharo with tempering
  • 1 cup grated raw papaya
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • 2-3 chopped green chilli
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

Making fafda

  • In a mixing bowl, sieve 250 grm besan flour. Add 1 tsp ajwain and mix well.
  • Now in a bowl, add ½ cup water 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp gathiya soda (or 1 tsp papad khar), 3 tbsp oil. whisk it till oil and water is combined.
  • Add prepared oil-water mixture and knead tight dough for gathiya.
  • Grease flour with oil, slightly wet your hand and go on kneading till the dough is nice and soft.
  • Then dough needs a good kneading, by the end it should not be sticky. It should be starchy, smooth and slightly changes its color.
  • Cover and rest dough for 15 minutes.
  • Now to shape the fafda, take a small portion of the dough & roll it into a thick cylinder using hands.
  • Place the dough cylinder lengthwise onto the chopping board & then using the base of the palm spread the dough upwards to flatten it out.
  • Another method, place cylinder shape dough ball on chopping board and gently roll it on upper direction. Follow the video to see the both methods.
  • Then peel the shaped fafda using a knife & fry in the oil directly over medium low heat for a few minutes until the fafda cooks from both the sides, make sure that you don’t fry it for too long as it takes only a few minutes.
  • Once fried remove the fafda from the oil & place it onto a sieve. Your perfectly fried fafdas are ready.
  • Now in a bowl, add hing, black pepper powder and black salt. mix well and sprinkle masala on fried fafda.
  • Serve fafda gathiya with besan kadhi and sambharo.

Besan kadhi

  • In a bowl, add besan, limbu na phool, sugar, turmeric powder and ½ cup water. Mix well. Kadhi mixture is ready.
  • Now in a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, hing and chopped green chili. saute it.
  • Then add 1 cup water and bring it to boil.
  • Now add kadhi mixture gradually and mix well.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Cook kadhi mixture on low flame for 5-7 minutes.
  • Besan kadhi is ready serve with fafda.

Papaya sambharo

  • Wash and remove skin of raw papaya. Grate it with big hole grater.
  • Then add red chilli powder, salt, sugar, lemon juice and some coriander leaves. Mix well.
  • Raw Papaya sambharo is ready. Serve with fafda.

Papaya sambharo with tempering

  • Wash and remove skin of raw papaya. Grate it with medium hole grater.
  • Now in a tadka pan, add oil, mustard seeds, hing and chopped green chilli. saute it.
  • Add ¼ tsp turmeric powder and mix well.
  • Add tempering into grated papaya.
  • Then add salt, sugar and lemon juice. Mix well.
  • Sambharo is ready serve with fafda.

Notes

  • Sieve besan flour so air particles incorporate in it and become slightly fluffy.
  • Whisk oil and water so it will easily merge together.
  • Knead tight dough for gathiya.
  • Knead and starch dough till it slightly changes its color and become smooth.
  • Fry gathiya on low-medium flame. Do not fry it on high flame.
  • Store prepared gathiya into air-tight container. It stay good for 1-2 months.