Papads are a necessary part of Indian cuisine. It has been a staple in Indian households since ages. Long time back, it was a tradition for the women to get together and make papads at home. The whole process was carried out with care and enthusiasm, much like a ritual. Right from sorting the appropriate ingredients to drying the papad to the right amount of crispness, all was done with a careful eye. But, with time such traditions have faded and there has been a shift from making the papads at home to buying them off the counters. And with this trend, papad making has emerged as a booming industry. And, from here, the papad making machines have come into being.
Various industries are now involved in manufacturing and selling papad making machines to cater to the needs of customers. These machines can be manual, semi automatic or fully automatic. In this article manual and semi automatic papad making machines will be discussed.