Papda ki Sabzi

Papda ki Sabzi

Ingredients

For Papda Batter

Gram flour (besan) 2 cups
Salt (namak) to taste
Red chilli powder (lal mirch) ½ table spoon
Turmeric powder (haldi) ½ table spoon
Garlic (lahsan) crushed 1 tea spoon
Water 1 ½ cups

For Gravy

Oil 5-6 table spoons
Mustard seeds (sarso) 2 table spoons
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) 2 table spoons
Black pepper (kali mirch) ½ table spoon
Garlic cloves (lahsan) 5-6
Red chilli whole (sabut lal mirch) 3-4
Salt (namak) to taste
Tomatoes (tamater), sliced 1 big
Fenugreek seeds (methi) ½ tea spoon
Coriander leaves (hara dhaniya), chopped 3-4 table spoons

Instructions

  1. Take gram flour in a bowl add salt, pinch of turmeric powder, red chilli, garlic and mix well.
  2. Then add water and make medium consistency batter by adding water.
  3. Heat non stick pan and spread a little oil on it.
  4. Pour about 2 table spoons of batter on pan and spread evenly to make like pancake. Add a table spoon of oil and spread it over pan cake.
  5. When one side is done, fold it into three layers and cut it into 3 or 4 pieces, cook for a while then remove from the pan.
  6. Repeat this process to make all pan cakes.

For gravy

  • 1. Make a smooth paste of mustard seeds, coriander seeds, garlic cloves, whole red chillies and black pepper.
  • 2. Heat mustard oil in a pan and add fenugreek seeds.
  • 3. Let it cook for few seconds and add the ground paste and cook it till the raw smell disappears.
  • 4. Now add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, salt and let it cook for few minutes.
  • 5. Then add 2 cups of water and let it simmer for 8-10 minutes.
  • 6. Now add papda pieces and put the flame off.
  • 7. Finish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve this with steamed rice or paratha.

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