Last Updated on December 14, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Today I am introducing you to Tea Time…Gujarati style. During the colonization of India under the British Raj era, the Brits may have brought the concept of tea time to India, but the Indians kept their own foods to celebrate during this meal. Instead of scones and sandwiches, a variety of fried delicacies like samosas, muruku and tikkas are more popular.
The northwestern Indian coastal state of Gujarat is one of the most Vegetarian states of India. The inventive Gujarati’s have come up with such varied and delicious snacks like muthia and handvo that celebrating tea time or any meal there, you won’t even miss the meat.
For today’s tea time meal, I am bringing you one of these delicious fried snacks with a variety of sides that fafda is often eaten with. Fafda is basically the Gujarati version of muruku, albeit with a slight difference. It is often in Indian cuisine that the same foods will have many different names due to the numerous local languages spoken throughout the country.
I complemented my Fafda with Papitey Ki Cheen & Besan Chutney (aka Gujarati Kadhi).
Fafda
Serves 4 -6
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups chickpea flour (besan)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon red chile powder (cayenne pepper)
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seed (ajwain)
- 2 tablespoons oil
In a bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, red chile, carom seed and oil. Add just enough warm water for the dough to come together. (I used 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon). Leave to rest for 1/2 hour.
On a lightly floured, board, roll out dough into a rectangle. Cut into strips.
In a deep skillet, heat enough oil for deep frying.
Add strips of dough and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
This crispy and crunchy snack is good, but it’s the accompaniments that bring the flavor over the top!
Serve with Papitey Ki Cheen & Besan Chutney.
Fafda
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups chickpea flour besan
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon red chile powder cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seed ajwain
- 2 tablespoons oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, red chile, carom seed and oil. Add just enough warm water for the dough to come together. (I used 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon). Leave to rest for 1/2 hour.
- On a lightly floured, board, roll out dough into a rectangle. Cut into strips.
- In a deep skillet, heat enough oil for deep frying.
- Add strips of dough and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Serve with Papitey Ki Cheen & Besan Chutney.
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Wow ,Mir .You are rocking.How beautifully you have made the fafdas. Love everything .
that is such a famous dish!!! wow you have made it soooo yummm
Fafda looks crispy and perfect teatime snack. I loving your new background boards.. 🙂
Awesomeness in one place Mir..too good..I love Fafdas and those chutneys sound so good to dip..
That is a lovely combo, Mir. Great job.
Fafda looks so crisp and addictive Mir.
you are amazing Mir….i wouldnt dare to make fafdas at home…this is beautiful way to kick start
Great. One of my all time favorite. Never tried it at home by myself though. You are inspiring me to try it out soon
Absolutely droolworthy, this tea time snacks makes me hungry and definitely hats off to you to make everything from the scratch, well done Mir.
Mir , kudos the way you have presented this humble snack. You have made it beautifully and served in such a fantastic style. Totally loved it. Though the chutney is little liquidish, but I really like the way you have done it. Absolutely stunning.
This recipe looks new to me and would love to try it. looks yummy..
Classic combo of Gujarat, the fafda looks crisp and excellent chutneys.
Mir you took me back to the time we had at Ahmadabad. Where we gorged on these fafdas.I love the way you have made them and presented them. Kudos girl.
Such a delicious combo Mir. Love how crispy and yummy those fafda look.
That is one yumm combo there mir!! Loving that crunchy fafda!
Honestly Mir, this combo didn’t cross even my mind. That must be one delectable combo.