Besan Paare (Spicy Crackers)
December 26th, 2009 filed under Appetizers, Snacks, Vegan
These besan paares are crunchy and spicy. Paares makes a great snack. Serve anytime.
Recipe will serve 4 to 6.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour (plain flour, maida)
- 1 cup gram flour (basen)
- 2 tablespoons fine semolina flour (fine sooji)
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 1 1/4 spoon salt, adjust to taste
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
- Pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1/2 cup water or add as needed
- Oil to fry
Method:
- Mix flour, semolina (sooji), gram flour (basen), salt, carom seeds, asafetida, chili flakes, and oil, together.
- Add water as needed to make firm but smooth dough. Cover with damp cloth and set aside at least for ten minutes.
- Knead the dough for another minute and divide into four equal parts.
- Take each part of the dough and make a flat ball shape.
- Roll them thin into about 9-inch circles. Prick them with a fork all over the rolled dough, so the paares do not puff when frying.
- Cut each of the rolled dough into about half inch wide and 3 inch long pieces. Note: you can cut them in your desire shape.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
- The frying pan should have at least 1inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, just put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.
- Make sure to place just enough paares so you can turn them over easily when frying. Fry the paares until both sides are light golden-brown.
- After basen paares come to room temperature they should become crisp.
Tips:
- Basen paares can be stored for one month in airtight containers.
- If the Basen paares are cooked on high heat, they will be soft.
Suggestions:
- Try replacing carom (ajwain) seed with dry fenugreek leaves.
thanks aunty.. i tried paaras today and it came out very well..
thanks once again.
why hv u blogged me on youtube?????????
DEAR MANJULAJI,
THANKYOU FOR UR RECIPEES..I AM GOING TO TRY EACH ONE OF THEM!
dear manjulaji,
i am lucky to have chanced upon your fabulous website!and i must thankyou for your recipees…!god bless you.
Hello Aunty, Namastey.. I hope u r doing well.. First of all I would like to wish you a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali and New year.
Today I am going to prepare besan paaras.
Could you please tell me whether these paaras are preservable or we need to eat on the same day of preparation.
Thanks in advance!! Take care..
Keerthi,
Paaras are good for weeks.
Hi manjula ,
i love this website and ur recipes , i have gone through in many recipes your using red chili flakes, but i couldnt find it in grocery shops (chennai) . can you tel me where it available or any alternate method.
Hi manjula ji .. thank you so much for the scrumptious recipes .. i love your style makes cooking so tasty and easy. i’m a fan
i have a question about this recipe if it could be made with wheat flour .. i loved this one was wondering if there is any snack like this that can be made using wheat flour – health reasons .. thank you so so much ..