hello miss,
i am from india, here in canada,
do you have any idea how to make khichi papadum, i tried two three time but i could not succeed
can you help me?
thanks
Hello Kavita
what are Khichi papodoms? Are they the ones made from boiled rice? I have sago ones on site, you can take a look ; Sabudana papad.
Mamta
yes miss mamta
they made it with rice powder,they steamed it and making it i dont know actuall procedure, but it is like that they boil the water add rice powder and other stuffs and mix it well.
then they make big balls like and steam again, and then they roll it, get it dry like papadoms and store it.
use it as require, either roast it or fry it
do you know the recipe, i tried but not succeed. Till the time i roll them they are okay, but it carcks after it dries,does not remain as it is.
so i don't know where am i wrong?
can you help me?
kavita
Hello Kavita
I don't make rice papads, my mum used to make rice and sabudana (sago/tapioca) every summer and store them for the whole year. I will ask my sisters in India if they still do. These things are so easily available these days that not many people make them at home anymore.
Hello,
I have also been looking for a recipe for khichi and wrote to this site a while ago but to no avail. I have since come across the following recipe but have not tried it out. Maybe you could give it a go nd let me know how it turns out.
Khichi
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins
Serves / Makes : 5 people
Ingredients
3 cups rice flour
grinded green chillies
41/2 cups water
salt to taste
soda bi carbonate
1 tbls jeera
1 tsp ajwain
Method
seive the flour. Boil the water. Add chillies,salt,soda bi, jeeraand ajwain. Add flour and mix it properly. Then make smmall round lioke puri with your hand. Put it on thali and cook it in cooker for 5 mins. Have hot with little bit of oil.
Hi there,
In gujarati, this spice is called Ajmo and it can be used in a variety of ways. It is often found in Indian savoris like 'gathia' and my mum often uses it as part of a 'tarka' particularly when making bean curries like black gram and chick pea curries. This may be to aid digestion because in it's raw form we were asked to chew a little bit whenever we had stomach ache! It's quite fragrant in taste (similar to dill seeds) but can be bit hot in taste.
I'm sure it has many other wierd and wonderful uses which no doubt users of the site might wish to share!
Rgds
Bhawana
This recipe sounds okay. I have no time at prsent to try anything new out, at least for a few eeks. Now that you have found out the recipe and ingredients I will just simplify the instruction a bit. I remember a little bit from 40 years ago when my mum, like every other woman in India, used to make them at home, before the days of everythign ready-made of good quality became available ;-)! We helped her as young girls, but it was a long time ago.
Rice Flour Popodoms or Khichi
Ingredients
3 cups rice flour
4-5 green chillies, pureed
Salt to taste
1 tsp. soda bi carbonate (this amount is a guess. It is added to make the Popodoms ?fluff up? during frying.)
1 tabs .cumin seeds or jeera, dry roasted on griddle
1 tsp. carom seeds or ajwain
4 1/2 cups boiling water
Method
Sieve the rice flour into a large cooking pan.
Add flour chillies, salt, soda bicarbonate, cumin/jeera and carom/ajwain and mix well.
Add boiling water slowly and mix vigorously, making sure that there are no lumps. The amount of water may be different for different types of rice, so add a little at a time, until you get the right consistency. You may have to cook it a little, until it looks like the consistency of a stiff dough. Allow to cool completely.
Then make small round balls of about 2 cm size. Keep them covered with a moist cloth.
Now roll them out into small popodoms, spread on a large cloth and let them dry in hot sun, perhaps a conservatory.
Store in sealed bags.
For serving, deep fry in hot oil, where they will fluff up, ready to be served.
I will suggest that try out with only 1 cup of rice flour first and make adjustmenst wher the recipe doesn't have the right amounts etc.
Best wishes
Mamta
Hi again!!!
I love khichi papad or if one is gujarati (like a couple of us here I gather?) and from a particular area of the state then it's also called Papdi.
My mother's an expert, but I don't make it - I think something that's been missed in your instructions above is Alum (or phatakri) which is something I think is also added to the water that's boiled first before the rice flour is added. Water is brought to the boil with chopped green chillies, sesame seeds, jeera, salt and alum are added to it then the rice flour is added and it is all mixed. If you want to just eat Khichi then cloves and cinnamon sticks can also be added to the water. The cooled mixture which has been well mixed is then shaped into rounds and steamed and then eaten with some oil poured over it.
If making the papdi (the rice poppadoms) then it's best not to include cloves and cinnamon and the steamed flour is made into small balls, rolled out and dried in the sushine.
How about getting your mum's recipe for us, to add to the site, with her name of course? What is better than a tried and tested recipe!
Look forward to hearing from you
Mamta
Can You please tell us the ingredient to expand the papad when it is fried in Oil. we are not in a position to get this. Help us in identifying this ingredient
suvarna Mala
I think you mean soda bicarbonate. See; http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_display.php?id=13176
mamta
sodium bicarbonate, or bicarbonate of soda, note, not baking powder (in UK, anyway). HTH
HI ALL,
PLEASE ADD SAJJI KHAR INSTEAD OF SODA BICARBONATE IN MAMTA'A RECEIPE.
IT IS KNOWN AS (WASHING SODA, SAL SODA,DHOBI'S EARTH) IN ENGLISH AND CHEMICAL NAME IS SODIUM-CARBONATE (IMPURE),
It is also used in making urad papad.
enjoy the khich....
Please don't add washing soda, it is far too alkaline and may well burn your mouth. Its purpose is (or used to be) in helping to clean clothes by dissolving (saponifying) the grease/fat. The clue is in the name, WASHING soda,
PLEASE DO NOT USE IT IN FOOD.
Hi aarti
Thank you for your post but I think that it is too risky to use washing soda, even if it was the right thing to use. I know it is used in small quantities in production of several food items, but I wouldn't recomend it. Don't use it, unless you know the exact amounts, strength needed and how to use it.
Mamta
Sodium bicarbonate is sold as 'baking soda'. It is used mainly for baking but can be used to clean and deodorize, but it is safe to ingest.
Kichdi papad is made with rice flour and sabudana (tapioca pearls). For every one cup of flour, you need a quarter cup of sabudana. the sabudana should be added to the water that you boil so it mixes in properly. Also cooking time in the pan should be adjusted to 30 mins since the flour needs to cook properly before you can roll it out. Also once you take out the flour from the cooker, you needs to knead it to a smooth consistency before rolling it out.
I hope this helps.