Hollow and Translucent Wafers of Flour

They are never taken alone. In fact the word gol gappa conjures in one舗s mind a number of other accompaniments that go as a rule with it. The first in this series is the zeera pani (cumin-seeds/tamarind-juice water). It is made hot by red chillies. The commercial people add very little of tamarind and use powdered dried green mango (amchur) instead as a substitute, in order to reduce the cost. They make it very hot so that the absence of the tamarind is hardly noticed.