Gujarati Khichu – steamed rice flour with spices

Rice flour slowly added to the boiling mix of green chillie, cumin seeds and carom seeds until thick soft dough and then steamed.

Khichu or Khichiyu is a dough for making papad/papadi, however, owing to its taste it is also consumed as Farsan (snack/side dish). It is made from rice flour, though, a few other flours are also used. The snack is prepared by cooking flour in water like porridge with cumin seeds, carom seeds, salt and an alkaline salt/baking soda known as Papad Khar, and then steaming the lump. It is often served with oil and chilli powder. The name khichiyu or khichu is derived from the ductile nature of the dough.

Papad/papadi made from this dough are known as Khichiya Papad. Khichu is traditionally eaten during the monsoon season. It is also knows as papadi no lot. It is naturally gluten free and dairy free!

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Gujarati Khichu – steamed rice flour with spices

Rice flour slowly added to the boiling mix of green chilli, cumin seeds and carom seeds until thick soft dough and then steamed.

Course Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Ingredients

• 2¾ cup Water
• 1 cup Rice Flour
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds Jeera
• 1 tsp Carom Seeds Ajwain
• 1 tsp Chopped Green Chillies
• 1½ tsp Salt Or to taste
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda

Garnish

• ¼ cup Chopped Cilantro
• 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
• 3 tbsp Peanut Oil
• 1 tsp Achar Masala

Instructions

• Prepare a food steamer to steam the khichu.
• While the food steamer is getting ready, Start boiling 2¾ cups of water in a deep pot. Add chopped green chillies, salt, baking soda, cumin seeds (jeera) and carom seeds (ajwain).
  
• Slowly add 1 cup of rice flour to the boiling water and keep mixing it until you reach thick soft dough consistency. It should take about a minute or two to get to that consistency. Turn the heat off.
  
• Transfer khichu dough from the pot to the food steamer and steam it for 20 minutes.
  
• While the khichu is steaming, take 3 tbsp of peanut oil, chopped cilantro and roasted jeera powder in a big bowl for garnishing.
  
• Once the khichu is steamed, take the hot khichu out in a bowl that you prepared all the garnishing in and mix everything very well.
  
• Sprinkle some achar masala on the khichu and Serve it hot!