Papadam (Black Gram Flatbread)

Name: Papadam (Black Gram Flatbread)
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 8 cups black gram flour; 1 tsp cracked black pepper; 1 tsp ground cumin seeds; ½ tsp salt; ¼ cup water (or more if needed); Oil for frying

Papadam (also papadum, poppadom, papar, and appalam) is an Indian and Sri Lankan flatbread.

serves 10

Ingredients

8 cups black gram flour
1 tsp cracked black pepper
1 tsp ground cumin seeds
½ tsp salt
¼ cup water (or more if needed)
Oil for frying

Steps

Mix together the flour, pepper, cumin, and salt.
Add water and knead the dough until it is smooth. You may have to add some water, depending on the flour.
Split the dough into 10–15 balls.
Roll out one ball at a time to a very thin round layer on a slightly oiled surface.
Dry the papadams in the oven for an hour (at about 100°C or 200°F).
Keep them in an airtight container.
Fry the papadams in oil until they are crispy but not too brown.

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Adapted from “Papadam (Black Gram Flatbread)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.