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Flame-Toasted Lentil Wafers

Papads

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    Papads
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Raghavan Iyer

Published 2008

  • About

When you want something quick and crunchy to accompany a curry instead of one of the breads, these papads fit the bill. I have been known to serve these as an appetizer, too, when I am not in the mood to cook anything else. (For all you need to know about papads, see box.)

Ingredients

  • 6 uncooked lentil wafers (papads/papadums), made from skinned split black lentil (urad dal) flour, at least 6 inches in diameter

Method

  1. If you are using a gas stove, set the flame of a burner at medium-high. Holding 1 papad with a pair of tongs, flip it back and forth over the open flame until bumps start to appear on the surface and the papad turns light brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Remember to shift the tongs in order to toast the part initially covered by them. Repeat with the remaining

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