Prep. Time: 5mins

Making and frying fafda time:15mins

Servings: 4 people

Ingredents:

1 cup besan (chick-pea flour)

1/4 tsp Sanchal or baking soda

1/4 tsp salt tsp or to taste

1/4 tsp ajwain (thymol-carom seeds)

1/8 tsp haldi (turmeric)(optional)

Less than 1/4 cup water

1 tbsp oil

More oil to deep-fry

Directon:

Mix Sanchal and salt into water. Mix the besan,  ajwain, haldi, 4 tbsp oil together. Add water and knead into a soft dough. Take a portion of the dough and place it on a greased surface. With base of your palm, drag the dough in a straight line, holding the dough at the starting point with the other hand. This will form a strip. Fry these strips over medium heat till crisp. Note: this is a difficult thing till you are practiced enough. You can also roll into thin rounds between two sheets of greased polythene.