Can You Recommend Inexpensive, Oil-Free Papadums?

[Kai--]

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Can You Recommend Inexpensive, Oil-Free Papadums ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap... )?

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Have been searching 🕵️‍♂️🔎 with little luck. 🤷‍♀️ 🤦‍♂️

(No Indian 🇮🇳 markets 🛒 nearby either. 😞 )

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Have only come up with, ‘Pride of India’ brand ( amazon.co.uk/Pride-India-As... ) which, as tasty 😋 as they are, are also pricey 💰 & small-sized 🔎 o 🔬. . . for just 8 papadams per box!! 😳

. . . . o o o o o o o o 📦 . . . 💰. . . 😱

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Any recommendations for less costly, oil-free, regular-sized ‘⚪️’ Papadam sources:

. . . . ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ 📦 . . . (that don’t 🚫cost an 💪 & a🦵)

. . . . . . . . would be much, much appreciated.

Thank you. 😌 🙏

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[Zest]

Hi Kai--

I don't know about purchasing them, but how about making your own? There is a nice recipe here, in this article - if you look half-way down the article, it has a recipe you could print out and try?

thethingswellmake.com/homem...

Hope you manage to find some you like.

Zest

p.s. I realise you asked for 'oil-free' and the recipe mentions coconut oil, but maybe you can leave that out if you do make them. I know that avoid-sugar made some chapatis without any oil, and they looked great, so I presume it's possible with the Papadams too?

[Kai-- in reply to Zest]

Thank you kindly for your thoughtfulness, Zest. 🙏 😌

(That exact page came up while researching! 😃 😁 Think it’s a “Plan B" (sans oil) if all else fails. 👍👍 )

It’s a bit "labor-intensive" 🤰, but I bet it’s taste-worthy 😋 .

Am still holding out for the pre-made, "lazy-person’s" version . . . 😁 🙃 😂

Thank you for your consideration, Zest. Much appreciated. ☺️ 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

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[avoid-sugar Star]

Not easy to make papadums😱😱at home

[Kai-- in reply to avoid-sugar]

Thank you, avoid-sugar. 🙏 😌

I believe you. 👍👍

I’ve the feeling if I was lucky 🍀 enough to make a papadum successfully, it would be eaten on the spot — never making it to the dining table 🍽! 😋

Any subsequent ones would meet the same fate — gobbled up 😋 before touching a plate 🍽 !! 😳 😂

[avoid-sugar Star]

Try in Asian shops..

[Kai-- in reply to avoid-sugar]

Will have to search 🕵️‍♀️ 🔎 for Asian shops 🛒 , avoid-sugar. (Nothing remotely close by.)

Would make an adventurous ‘day trip’ — "the hunt for oil-free papadums 🏹 ⚪️ " . . . ☺️

Thank you kindly, avoid-sugar. 😌 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Kai-- ,

Have you tried a specialty store?

[Kai-- in reply to Activity2004]

Spot on, Activity2004! 👍👍 Looks like a special day trip to "hunt down oil-free papadums 🏹 ⚪️ " in specialty shops & Asian shops. ☺️ Thank you kindly, Activity2004. 😌 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

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[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to Kai--]

You’re welcome! I hope you find what you’re looking for when you go.😀👍👌

[Kai-- in reply to Activity2004]

🙏 ☺️

[Want2BHappy3]

What are those? Look like Tortillas?

[Kai-- in reply to Want2BHappy3]

Yes, they look like tortillas 🌮 , Want2BHappy3, but taste different.

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Here’s an explanation from Wikipedia ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap... ):

"A Papadum is a thin, crisp, disc-shaped food from the Indian subcontinent, typically based on a seasoned dough usually made from peeled black gram flour (urad flour), either fried or cooked with dry heat (usually flipping it over an open flame). Flours made from other sources such as lentils, chickpeas, rice, tapioca, or potato can be used.

Papadum is typically served as an accompaniment to a meal in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka or as an appetizer or snack, sometimes with toppings such as chopped onions, chopped carrots, chutneys or other dips, and condiments. . . . " [Photos show how it’s served. 😋 ]

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Whereas "A tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flatbread, typically made from corn or wheat. In Spanish, "tortilla" means "small torta", or "small cake". It was first made by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica before European contact. . . . " ( en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor... )

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Both delicious & flavourful in their own unique way! 😋

☺️ 🙏 🍀 🌺 🌞

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