Fried Papad- Not!!

I always wondered how they roast papads in the restaurants without charring the sides. I experimented and found a way. Moreover, the papad tastes like oil fried, but it’s roasted. This technique will also help you to make shapes like cones, rolls etc.

So for this you will need:

• A tawa
• Few drops of oil(optional)
• Papads
• Few tall tumbler to place rolled papads.

Heat the skillet on heat, once hot place the papad on it and press using a clean, thick kitchen towel as shown in the picture. Add oil (optional). Flip and fry on the other side. Voilà! You have a rosted papad which tastes like a fried one!

To make rolls just roll the papad when hot and place in a tall tumbler to hold shape. Once cool it will retain the shape.

To make cones cut the papad into half as shown in the picture fry and roll into a cone. 

If you have a small papad unlike the one in the picture. You could still make cones. Just cut the papad from one side (as shown in last picture) till the centre and fry and roll into a cone.