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Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Bhakar Wadi

This recipe is specially prepared in India during festivals. It is a hot and crispy rounds which leaves your mouth tingling.
For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

  • (Spicy gram flour snack)
  • Serves: Four
  • Time required: One hour
  • 240 g. gram flour
  • 120 g. wheat flour
  • salt to taste
  • a pinch of asafoetida
  • oil for deep frying
  • 100 g. grated coconut
  • 60 g. sesame seeds
  • 60 g. poppy seeds
  • a pinch of sugar
  • salt and chilli powder to taste
  • 100 g. coriander leaves, chopped fine



Method:


a marble sized ball of tamarind, soaked in a little water
black masala powder (branded curry powder) to taste
MIX together gram flour and wheat flour. Add salt, asafoetida, 60 ml. hot oil and
enough water. Knead to a stiff dough. Keep it aside.
Roast the grated coconut, sesame seeds and poppy seeds and grind to a powder.
Add sugar, salt, chilli powder and coriander leaves to the masala powder to
prepare the filling for bhakar wadi. Add tamarind pulp and black masala powder
and mix well. Divide the dough into small portions and roll each portion into a thin
rectangular shaped chappati. Spread the filling all over the chappati and roll up the
dough with the filling into a tight cylindrical shape. Seal the edges with a little water.
Cut into three cm. long pieces and deep fry in hot oil till brown and crisp. Remove
from oil and store in an airtight container.


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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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