Pappada Vada

Ingredients for Pappada Vada:

1. Pappadam (Pappad) – 8

2. Rice flour – 1 cup

    Cumin seeds – ½ small spoon

    Sesame seeds – ½ small spoon

    Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Asafoetida powder – A pinch (optional)

    Salt and water – As required

3. Cooking oil – For frying

How to prepare Pappada Vada?

1. Place pappad under direct sunlight for a while and dry it well.

2. Heat a tawa and heat the pappad in very low flame to remove the moisture content and fry a little.

3. Take a bowl and mix together ingredients no: 2 to prepare the batter. The batter should stick on to the spoon.

4. Dip each pappad in this batter and fry in hot oil.

5. Flip both sides and they should be golden brown in colour.

6. Place them in a tissue paper to remove excess oil.

7. Once they cool, preserve them in air-tight containers for future use.

Source: Vanitha Magazine August 15-30 2016

Read a few more Vada snack recipes here. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.