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Bhakarwadi Recipe | A savory snack from North Karnataka

Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Servings: 20 -25
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

For dough

  • All purpose flour maida- 3/4 cup
  • Gram flour- 1/2 cup
  • Fine semolina chiroti rava- 1/8 cup
  • Salt- 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee- 2 tsp
  • Cooking oil- Enough to deep fry

For stuffing

  • Desiccated coconut- 3/4 cup
  • Roasted sesame seeds- 1/8 cup
  • Poppy seeds- 1/8 cup
  • Salt- 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder- 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder- 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  • Asafoetida- A pinch
  • Finely chopped ginger- 1 tsp
  • Chopped coriander leaves- 3 tsp

Instructions

Method

  • Mix maida, gram flour, semolina, turmeric powder and salt in a wide bowl. Add ghee and give a quick mix.
  • Next incrementally add water in parts and knead a stiff dough. I used little more than 1/4 cup of water. Divide the dough in to 4 equal parts and cover it with damp cloth. Let it rest for around 15 mins to 30 mins.
  • When the dough is resting, it is time to prepare stuffing. Take all the stuffing ingredients in a mixer and powder them together coarsely. You can taste and adjust spices now.
  • Next take a dough ball, dust with enough flour and roll it thinly like chapati using rolling pin. Smear the rolled chapati with little oil.
  • Spread 4 tsp of stuffing evenly over rolled chapati, roll from one end to other like a log. Close the ends of log.
  • Next using a sharp knife cut the log in to 0.5" sized discs and flatten it using your palm. Repeat the process till you finish the dough.
  • Next heat enough oil in a heavy bottom wok and as it gets rightly heated ( check by dropping pinch of dough in to oil, if it raises to top slowly, the temperature is right for frying) drop few bakarwadi in to it. Fry for a while and flip to cook other side too. When the Sh... sound seizes completely, remove them from oil and drain over kitchen tissue.
  • Repeat this process of frying till all bakarawadis are done. Yummy and spicy snack is ready for Diwali.

Notes

  • I have used semolina to bring some extra crunch in to the dough. It was too good.
  • Roll the dough very thin otherwise it doesn't get fried properly.
  • The stuffing has to be spicy, you can add some green chillies too. I made them mild because kids don't like much spice in food.
  • Deep fry them in medium flame as multiple layers should get cooked.
  • Do not over fill the wok with oil, keep only enough oil to deep fry the snack as some stuffing oozes out while frying.
  • Crispiness of bakarwadi reduces after a day, so prepare accordingly.