Papad ki Bhaaji or Papad ka Saag is a vegetarian main course dish made using

Papad A papadam (also spelled poppadom, among other variants), also known as papad, is a snack that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Dough of Vigna mungo, black gram bean flour is either Deep frying, deep fried or cooked with dry heat (flipped ...

and is popular in

Rajasthani Rajasthani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Rajasthan, a state of India * Rajasthani languages, a group of Indic languages spoken there * Rajasthani people, the native inhabitants of the state * Rajasthani architecture, Indian ar ...

, Gujarati,

Bundeli Bundeli (Devanagari: बुन्देली/बुंदेली) or Bundelkhandi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bundelkhand region of central India. It belongs to the Central Indo-Aryan languages and is part of the Western Hindi s ...

Malwi Malvi or Malwi (माळवी भाषा) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Malwa region of India. It is a dialect of Rajasthani language. Writing system In India, Malvi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida which is wri ...

, Nimadi and Braj cuisines. The dish is prepared with many variations and is also known by the name ''Papad ro saag'' in

and ''Papad nu shaak'' in Gujarati. Papad ki bhaaji can be easily prepared with few basic ingredients at home and without the need of any vegetable. Hence it typifies the simple food that one needs for sustenance amidst the hardship of desert life. In India, papad is also eaten as an appetizer or snack, with toppings such as chopped onions, carrots,

chutney A chutney () is a spread typically associated with cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Chutneys are made in a wide variety of forms, such as a tomato relish, a ground peanut garnish, yogurt, or curd, cucumber, spicy coconut, spicy onion ...

or other dips and condiments

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