Namkeen is a traditional Indian snacks. Apart from being a popular snack item, it aids in digestion too due to the presence of various spices in it. It is made by gram flour. Spices and other additives are added to the gram flour to make the dough. The dough for namkeen is made to pass through a simple extruder which makes fine strands of the dough. The strands are fried in the frying pan in hot cooking oil. Excess oil is removed after frying and the namkeen is packed. For making bhujia, boiled and mashed potatoes are added to the flour mixture.