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.