Papad is an oriental snack food made from dough consisting mainly of black gram (Phaseolus mungo) flour along with salt and spice powders. It is prepared by rolling dough into a circular shape of 0.3–2.0 mm thick and drying to a moisture level of 14–15%. Papads have crunchy wafer-like taste, and are normally consumed after roasting or frying as an adjunct to the full meal. Most of the Indian traditional food adjuncts are made by deep fat frying (Pushpamma & Geervani, 1981). With growing concern for the amount of fat in the average diet, the ability to control the processing operations to reduce oil uptake is gaining importance in food pro- cessing.