Aaloo(Potato) Papad Recipe
Potato Papad is a very crispy recipe.We make
potato papad during the festival of holi.Aaloo papad should be prepared in the
month of march since ripe potatoes are easily available.The skin of ripe
potatoes is shiny and smooth.The papad can be dried easily in the intense
sunlight.You can easily make potato papad.Lets make crispy potato papad.
Ingredients:
Method:
- Rinse potatoes thoroughly with water. Drain out the excess water and put the potatoes in pressure cooker along with 1-1.5 cup of water. Put the lid on and turn on the flame. Cook the potatoes till the cooker releases a whistle and then simmer it for 3-4 minutes on low flame.
- Turn the flame off and let the pressure releases on its own. Then remove the lid and take the potatoes out in a bowl or plate. Allow the potatoes to cool down completely. Once it cools down completely, peel off their skin and place it on a plate.
- Grease some steel plates with some oil. Spread the oil evenly. Grate the boiled potatoes using a grater in a plate. Potatoes need to be very fine in texture. You can even mash the potatoes in rough chunks and after adding the spices make a smooth paste on sil batta.
- After grating the potatoes, add salt, red chilly powder ,pepper powder,cumin powder,cumin seeds,and mustered oil to it. Mix everything really well. Prepare dough of it. Apply some oil on hand and grease the dough. Make dough balls in the size of lemon. Roll it into smooth round shape. Grease the palms and roll the dough ball. Similarly, prepare the rest of the balls until the dough is utilized completely.
- To roll the dough balls into papad, take a polythene sheet and spread it on rolling board. Apply some oil on the sheet. Keep a dough ball on it. Apply some oil on the dough ball. Fold the polythene sheet so that the other part of the sheet comes over the dough ball. Press the dough ball gently with palm and flatten it with the help of fingers into papad. Don’t make the papad very thin.
- Open one end of the sheet and transfer the papad on the big plastic sheet. Similarly, prepare the rest of the papads and spread them on plastic sheet. Place these papads under the sunlight for a whole day then flip its side and allow it to dry completely on second day as well.
- Potato papad is now dried completely and are ready to get fried. Heat enough oil in a wok to deep fry the papads. When the oil is heated sufficiently, drop a papad into it. Once the papad is fried from one side then flip the side and fry it until crisp. Similarly, fry some more papads.
- Serve these crispy, crunchy and spicy aloo papads along with steaming hot cup of tea or coffee. You can serve it with dal and rice as well. You can even roast these papads directly on flame. Store the remaining dried papad in an air-tight container.
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