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    Home » Recipes » Appetizers/Snacks

    Published: Jan 15, 2011 · Modified: Dec 23, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Khandvi, a snack from Gujarat

    Khandvi is a very popular snack from the western state of Gujarat, India. It is prepared by rolling out cooked chickpea flour and yogurt mixture into swirls. My neighbors back home are from Gujarat and it was always on their party menus.

    ICC for this month is, you guessed it right, Khandvi! I followed Lathaji's recipe with a few changes. I made two batches. The first batch tasted similar to the store bought khandvi and I was not satisfied with it.

    The trick to this preparation is cooking the flour mixture to the right consistency. I felt the first batch was a little under cooked and tasted raw. So I made it gain! The second batch, I cooked it a little longer, an additional 30 - 60 seconds and it turned out yum.

    Although this preparation came out good, I do need to prepare it a few more times to master it. There are many khandvi preparation videos on youtube. I wish I had seen those videos before preparing it!   If you are making it for the first time, I would suggest you watch thee videos before rushing off to your kitchen to make these delicacies!

    Platter of Gujrati snack khandvi.

    Source: Lathaji

    Preparation Time: 30 minutes

    Yields: 25 - 30 (depends on the size)

    Ingredients:

    • ⅓ cup Gram Flour
    • ⅓ Yogurt (sour would be better)
    • 1 cup water
    • 1” (approx.. when chopped aprrox. ½ teaspoon – ¾ tsp) Ginger peeled
    • 2-3 Green Chilies (adjust to taste or omit if you don't want it spicy)
    • 1 teaspoon lime Juice (opt. if yogurt not sour)
    • ¾ teaspoon – 1 teaspoon Salt (adjust to taste)
    • ½ teaspoon Turmeric
    • 3 tablespoon Oil

    Tempering:

    • ¾ - 1 teaspoon Oil
    • ¼ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon Sesame Seeds
    • 2 Curry Leaves
    • 2 Green Chilies chopped

    Method:

    • Grind 2-3 green chilies and the ginger to paste.
    • Mix lime juice, ground paste, salt, turmeric and gram flour  in a bowl.
    • In a separate bowl whisk the yogurt.   Add water to it and continue whisking it to make buttermilk. Add this buttermilk to flour and mix it using a whisk. Make sure there are no lumps in the flour buttermilk mixture.
    • Grease a plate or baking sheet with oil and keep aside. I used 2 baking sheet and greased the back of the sheets. For one sheet I lined the back of it with an aluminium foil  and then greased it.  In videos on you-tube, they did not grease the sheets.  I should try ungreasing the sheets and see if it helps spreading of the mixture easily.
      Batter for khandvi

    • In a skillet, heat 3 tablespoon of oil. Reduce the heat to medium and add the flour mixture. Stir the mixture continueously to avoid formation of lumps. Stirring it continuously, cook for about 3 minutes. By now the mixture will come together and separate from the pan. Make sure it should not be too thick either.
      Cooked khandvi mixture

    • Immediately transfer the mixture to the baking sheet or a plate and spread it out thinly. This should be done very quickly. As the mixture cools, it gets thicker and becomes difficult to spread it out.Khandvi
    • Cut it into 1 – 1 ½ “ wide strips. Let it cool and roll them into swirls.
    • Arrange the khandvi or the swirls in a serving platter.
    • In a skillet or pan heat the oil for tempering. Add mustard seeds and when they start spluttering, add curry leaves, green chilies and sesame seeds.  Turn off the heat.  Pour this over the khandvi and serve.

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    1. jayasree says

      February 18, 2011 at 2:04 am

      Hi Usha,

      This is Jayasree. Really nice recipe. I am planning to prepare Khandvi this sunday. I have a question. You mentioned that spray the batter on baking sheet. DO we have to bake the mixture??? If not who will Khandvi cook???

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        February 18, 2011 at 8:52 am

        Jaysree,

        You don't need to bake it. The flour is already cooked on the stovetop. I used a baking sheet as a base to spread out the dough/mixture. You can use a plate or you can do it on a clean counter top. Cooking part is done before spreading it, so there is no need to cook or bake it after rolling it into swirls. I will try to put some more picture to make it easy to understand. The pictures I took of the preparation were not good, no I did not put them up.

        If you need further clarifications, feel free to ask.

        Reply
        • jayasree says

          February 18, 2011 at 8:53 pm

          Thanks Usha...I am planning to prepare today. Will let you know how it turned out.

          Reply
    2. Apu says

      January 18, 2011 at 12:42 pm

      Looks very good!!

      Reply
    3. Soumya says

      January 16, 2011 at 7:17 pm

      delicious and very perfect looking khandvi....yum!

      Reply
    4. sayantani says

      January 16, 2011 at 10:14 am

      beautifully made. looks so yummy

      Reply
    5. Priya says

      January 16, 2011 at 10:03 am

      Khandvi looks soo yummy,prefect and fabulous..Welcome to blogging marathon..

      Reply
    6. Umm Mymoonah says

      January 16, 2011 at 9:34 am

      Looks very delicate and excellent, welcome to the marathon : )

      Reply
    7. Srivalli says

      January 16, 2011 at 8:33 am

      Usha, Khandvi looks yum...glad you could join us..And welcome to the marathon..:)

      Reply
    8. Reva says

      January 16, 2011 at 8:06 am

      thanks for visiting my blog...wonderful collection and recipes...I love your photography blog...very innovative...keep rocking..
      Reva

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        January 16, 2011 at 8:15 am

        Thanks Reva! btw, I am joining you all in the blogging marathon!

        Reply
    9. rekha says

      January 16, 2011 at 2:25 am

      Khandvi cam out so well nice pic.

      Reply
    10. Gayathri Kumar says

      January 16, 2011 at 12:43 am

      Khadvi has come out perfect..

      Reply

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