Quick Gujarati Khichu Recipe – Papdi No Lot
Steamed Rice Flour with spicy and aromatic flavours. A traditional comfort classic recipe growing up!
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1.5 tablespoons salt
- 3 tablespoons sabudana (soaked for 1 hour)
- 1 teaspoon lightly ground jeera
- ½ teaspoon ajwain
- 3 whole Thai green chillies
- 2 tablespoon oil for serving
- 1 cup rice flour
- 2 teaspoon pickle masala for serving
Instructions
- Pour water into a medium pot on medium-high heat.
- Add salt, spices and sabudana to the water and let it simmer to boil - you want to TASTE this water and make sure its SUPER salty and spicy as the rice flour will significantly mute these flavors.
- Add a teaspoon of oil before you add the rice flour to help bind the dough when you begin to stir it all.
- Once the water reaches boiling point; add baking soda and give it a quick mix, then add rice flour and this is where you will need to work fast for the next step.
- Use a large thick wooden velan (rolling pin) or wooden spoon to poke the dough and then begin stirring in circular directions; keep stirring fast until all of the clumps have disappeared.
- Cover the pot for about 10 minutes to cook and steam the dough on low heat. Once it's steamed, drizzle oil, pickle masala and enjoy!