Masala papad recipe, an easy, no-oil snack | starter recipe. Masala papad recipe with step-by-step instructions.
Usually, in restaurants, they deep fry the papad and make masala papad. No doubt, the simple starter tastes awesome with deep-fried papad. In this recipe, we are not deep-frying the papad, this turned out quite well and we all enjoyed it a lot.
If you have sudden guests and wanted to make a quick starter, you can make this masala papad with easily available ingredients at home.
Usually onion, tomato and spices are added to the restaurant-style masala papad. I am adding carrots and cucumber to this recipe. Feel free to omit that, if you don’t want that version.
Also check out, Khakra chaat, peanut chaat , sprouts chaat , Ragda chaat, cucumber papdi chaat
Â
- Microwave the papad for 1 minute.
- If you want you can add ½ tsp of oil and spread it on the papad before you microwave it.
- Alternatively, you can deep fry the papad.
- If you don’t have a microwave and don’t want to deep fry, place this on a hot tawa and cook this like how we make chapati on a medium-low flame.
- Flip it and cook well on both sides.
- Place the papad in an airtight container until serving.

- In a bowl add the finely chopped onions, tomato, cucumber, and carrots.
- Grate the green chili in a grater and add it to the bowl.
- Instead of finely chopping the green chili, grate it and add. This brings out the nice flavor of the chilis.
- Add a little salt, lemon juice, and chaat masala.
- Mix well.

- Now add2 drop of ghee on the roasted papad and smear it. This will help the papad to hold the toppings well.
- Now smear few tbsp of the toppings evenly on the papad.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.

- Serve immediately.
- Else it will turn soggy.

Notes:
- Always use the North Indian papad for making this masala papad.
- You can replace red chili powder instead of green chili.
- You can add a few pomegranate arils for garnishing to get a sweet and spicy taste.
- If the papad is too big, cut them into 4 and then roast/fry them.

Masala papad recipe
Ingredients
- 2 masala papad use the North Indian papad
- 2 drops ghee
- 1 onion
- 2 green chili
- 4 tbsp finely chopped tomato deseed and use
- 2 tbsp cucumber finely chopped
- 2 tbsp carrots finely chopped optional
- Salt as needed
- 1/8 tsp chaat masala
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- Microwave the papad for 1 minute.
- If you want you can add ½ tsp of oil and spread it on the papad before you microwave it.
- Alternatively you can deep fry the papad.
- If you don’t have a microwave and don’t want to deep fry, place this on a hot tawa and cook this like how we make chapati in a medium-low flame.
- Flip it and cook well on both sides.
- Place the papad in an airtight container until serving.
- In a bowl add the finely chopped onions, tomato, cucumber and carrots.
- Grate the green chili in a grater and add it to the bowl.
- Instead of finely chopping the green chili, grate it and add. This brings out nice flavour of the chilis.
- Add little salt, lemon juice and chaat masala.
- Mix well.
- Now add2 drop of ghee on the roasted papad and smear it. This will help the papad to hold the toppings well.
- Now smear few tbsp of the toppings evenly on the papad.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve immediately.
- Else it will turn soggy.