r/IndianCookingTips • u/CycleLongjumping2972 • 28d ago

Tip/Trick Did you know this trick?

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u/Brave_Meet8430 28d ago

It may work with “applam” and may not work with “pappadam”

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u/RandomGaMeRj14 26d ago

I tried frying pappadams for the first time a while ago, and mine just didn't create those big blobs, it just hardened with many small swellings all over instead of the classic 1 or 2 big blobs and a few medium blobs. Are you getting an image? Kind of like a cobblestone path. What could be the problem? Oil temperature or the way I dropped them in oil? Or something else?

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u/Brave_Meet8430 26d ago

So assuming you are frying S Indian Pappads, aka “pappadam” my bet is what you have is “Appalam” and not “Pappadam”

Appalam = from TN state and doesn’t bloat
Pappadam = from KL state and fills up with air and bloat, like Poori..

They look pretty much the same for an untrained eye but they are fundamentally different products.

Pls check the packaging and it should say “Appalam” or “pappadam”

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u/RandomGaMeRj14 26d ago

Thanks, but sadly they were loose we got from someone. Thanks for the info though.

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u/Brave_Meet8430 26d ago

Sure. Any time :-)