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Vanela Ganthia

Vanela Ganthia is a popular Gujrati breakfast made of gram flour .It is a savoury farsan which melts in the mouth and is served with fried chillies and a salad.
Cuisine Indian Cuisine
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

Ganthia

  • 500 gms chickpea flour
  • 10 gms salt
  • 5 gms soda (ganthia soda)
  • 100 gms oil
  • 1 tbsp peppercorns
  • 1/4 tsp carom seeds
  • pinch Largeasafoetida
  • Oil for frying

Carrot Salad

  • 2 grated carrots
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • asafoetida large pinch
  • Few curry leaves
  • 2-3 green chillies
  • turmeric powder pinch
  • lemon juice
  • coriander leaves
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

Ganthia

  • Heat about 1 cup water and add salt and ganthia soda. Keep aside to cool.
  • Using a mortar pestle crush the peppercorns lightly . We do not want powdered pepper .
  • Take the crushed peppercorns in a plate and remove the dark thick black ones .
  • You can powder those and use in your pepper shaker .
  • Sieve the Besan flour two three times.
  • Now gradually start binding the dough using the salt/ soda water.
  • Halfway through start adding oil.
  • Go on kneading adding water and oil till the dough is nice and soft .
  • In case this water mixture gets over , you can use regular water .
  • The dough needs a good kneading, by the end it should not be sticky , it should be soft and smooth .
  • You will need a large wooden board to make these ganthia.
  • Take a lemon sized ball of dough and using your palm rmake a nice long rope twisting it every time you lift your palm
  • Follow this video to see this twisting method .
  • Deep fry on medium flame .
  • They will puff up and remove as soon as they are cooked .
  • We do not want them golden .
  • Remove and sprinkle asafoetida .
  • Serve with fried green chillies and carrot Salad

Carrot Salad

  • Heat oil
  • Add mustard, curry leaves, slit green chillies and asafoetida .
  • Add turmeric and immediately add the grated carrots .
  • Add salt and stir for a minute or two .
  • Remove from fire and add lemon juice and mix .
  • Garnish with coriander leaves .

Notes

V - Vanela Ganthia street food from Rajkot
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