Steamed Maida Papad
Everyone likes papad… I love papad so much. I leave in a place where it is very difficult to get papad, so I tried to make it at home for the first time. My papad became very tasty and soft. Try this tasty and crunchy recipe.
Ingredients
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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1/4 tsp cumin seeds
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1/2 tsp salt or to taste
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1/4 tsp black pepper powder
Steps
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Take refined flour in a bowl, add some water in small portions. Stir till the lumps dissolve. Once batter is ready, add cumin seeds, salt and pepper powder and mix well. Keep the batter aside for 10 to 15 minutes
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Take a small vessel, pour 2 cups water in it. Cover it with the plate. Turn on flame and let water boil.
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Take 2 plates of the size of the vessel. Take big plates, to dry the papad. Grease these with some oil, grease small plates too.
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Put some batter over greased small plates, spread evenly. Keep the plate over the vessel of boiling water and cook the papad for 1 to 2 minutes On medium to high heat.
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Once papad is cooked, pick the plate, keep to cool.
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Meanwhile, make the next papad likewise. As the previous papad cools off, take out with knife then with hands, lift from plate. Keep it in the big greased plate. Prepare rest of papads likewise.
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Put the prepared papads to dry for 2 to 3 days. Spread a sheet, put polythene sheet grease it with oil and put papad to dry. As papads dry up, stak them keep in a container.
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Fry whenever you want to eat. To fry, put oil in wok to heat, once rightly hot, put papads to fry. Fry till it puffs up. Fry all papads likewise.
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Enjoy the papad.
