Khandvi - Healthy Low fat Gujarati Snack

Khandvi is a low fat , healthy snack prepared majorly in Gujarat. It's based on Chickpea flour or Besan. This recipe needs a little patience and is little tricky However once you get it right there is no way you can go wrong !! My interest to make this all of a sudden appeared as i saw one of the Culinary pictures posted  Aashirvad in Facebook.

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The Picture was very tempting, i searched in Google and finally found a recipe  

at Sanjeev kapoor's. I tried the recipe twice but something went wrong , i was not able to roll Khandvi. Then paid attention to the recipe again and tried today and let me tell you how happy i was !!! I felt like i invented this dish today :) The taste was savory ,however tasted awesome with Tempering. I would say tempering does it all for this recipe. Different kinds of tempering would be used ( that's what i concluded from my friend Ms Google :) ) I used something which i had handy. It's a definite try by virtue of the fact that it uses very less oil , that too in tempering stage.

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Ingredients 



For Khandvi



​1) Chickpea Flour - 1/4 Cup

2) Curd - 1/4 Cup

3) Salt - 1/2 tsp

4) Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp

5) Dry Ginger powder and Asafoetida - A pinch

6) Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

7) Water - 1/2 Cup 



For the Tempering /Seasoning 



1) Oil - 1 tsp

2) Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp

3) Curry Leaves - 7-8 leaves

4) Coriander leaves - 2tbsp chopped leaves

5) Coconut - Grated/Desiccated Coconut 2 tsp 





Method of Preparation.



Please go through the Slides for Method of preparation.



Health Benefits 



Khandvi is a highly nutritious food, by virtue of the principal ingredient, namely gram flour, present in it. Gram flour is known to have a number of health benefits like prevention of heart disease, weight loss, fighting of allergies and diabetes control.