Far-far (also fryum or bobby) is an
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
snack food composed primarily of
potato starch
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain leucoplasts (starch grains). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed, and the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. Th ...
and tinted
sago. They may also contain
tapioca
Tapioca (; ) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (''Manihot esculenta,'' also known as manioc), a species native to the North Region, Brazil, North and Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast regions of Brazil, but wh ...
and
wheat flour
Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ''bread ...
. Far-far puff up instantly when
deep fried, and they are either eaten as a snack or served like a
papadum
A papad is an Indian deep fried dough of black gram bean flour, either fried or cooked with dry heat (flipped over an open flame) until crunchy. Other flours made from lentils, chickpeas, rice, tapioca, millet or potato are also used. ''Papad' ...
to accompany a meal.
They come in a variety of colors and shapes such as stars, hollow tubes, and flat squares, gears, aeroplanes and different animals shapes.
See also
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List of Indian snack foods
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List of deep fried foods
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List of potato dishes
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References
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Indian vegetable dishes
Vegetarian dishes of India
Deep fried foods
Potato dishes
Indian snack foods