Air Fryer Papdi My Food Story

on Oct 19, 2022 Looking for more Chaat recipes? Try my Pani Puri (Golgappa/ Puchka) Recipe, Bread Chaat and Easy Aloo Chaat! We always make Papdi for Diwali in my house – it’s a great snack, gift hamper addition, and perfect to have on hand when impromptu guests visit. It’s also perfect to turn into papdi chaat if you have some tamarind or coriander chutney stocked up in the fridge! This year, I knew I wanted some healthy snacks on hand. Enter: Air Fryer Papdi. You get the same crispy, crunchy results but without deep frying. Plus you aren’t spending your time slaving over the hot stove because the air fryer makes these pretty hands free.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Here’s everything you need for this recipe –

Atta and Maida – we use equal parts in this recipe but you can always do 100% atta or 100% maida Sooji – just a couple tablespoons for additional crispness Oil – don’t reduce the quantity because this is what makes these crisp Nigella (Kalonji) Seeds – this has light onion notes that adds a great flavour to the papdi Baking Powder – this will ensure that the papdis are light Salt – for taste Water – to knead

How to make Air Fryer Papdi

Here’s a quick step by step showing you how to make air fried papdi:

Mix together atta, maida, sooji, salt, nigella seeds, baking powder in a bowl. Add oil.
Mix the oil with other ingredients until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. When you take a fistful of mixture, it should hold its shape.
Add water little by little.
Knead well into a smooth, stiff dough.
Shape into a round smooth ball.
Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
Divide the dough into half.
Roll out the dough using a rolling pin.
The thickness should be between ⅙ – ¼ inch.
Use a round cookie cutter or your desired shape and cut the papdi out. Repeat till all the dough is used up.
Remove the excess dough. Preheat the ir fryer for 3 minutes.
Place the papdis in a single layer in the air fryer basket.
Air fry at 190C for 7-8 minutes, checking after the 5 and then 7-minute mark.
Repeat till all the papdis are baked.

Richa’s Top Tips

There are so many ways to enjoy these crisp papdis — you can whip up a quick sev puri, dahi papdi chaat, spicy papdi chaat, aloo chaat, bhel puri — the options are literally endless! Or, serve these on their own with a piping hot cup of chai. As always, be sure to tag me in your creations – I love seeing you guys try out these recipes and I’m looking forward to seeing these air fryer papdis make their way to your festive homes.