Watch: The delightful (and mathematical) art of making soan papdi
The popular, flaky sweet is made out of a sugar, ghee and gram-flour dough which is repeatedly pulled out and folded back on itself to form layers.
The flaky delight known as Soan Papdi, begins as a ring made of sugar and ghee.
— Mukund Thattai (@thattai) August 2, 2019
Fold it back on itself, pull it out and repeat. The number of strands becomes two, four, then eight!
So when next you enjoy one the math geek in you should give thanks to the magic of powers of two! pic.twitter.com/l9WvkYJbUU
