diff --git a/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/blob.rs b/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/blob.rs
index 2706df3d8a..76e7033503 100644
--- a/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/blob.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/blob.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use num_bigint::BigUint;
 use num_traits::Num;
 
 use super::eip4844::{BLOB_LEN, BLS_MODULUS, GENERATOR};
-use super::math::ifft;
+use super::math::{fft, ifft};
 
 /// Recovers the original data from a given blob.
 ///
@@ -27,3 +27,15 @@ pub fn recover(data: Vec<BigUint>) -> Vec<BigUint> {
 
     ifft(data, xs, &BLS_MODULUS)
 }
+
+pub fn transform(data: Vec<BigUint>) -> Vec<BigUint> {
+    let xs: Vec<BigUint> = (0..BLOB_LEN)
+        .map(|i| {
+            let bin = format!("{:012b}", i);
+            let bin_rev = bin.chars().rev().collect::<String>();
+            GENERATOR.modpow(&BigUint::from_str_radix(&bin_rev, 2).unwrap(), &BLS_MODULUS)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    fft(data, xs, &BLS_MODULUS)
+}
diff --git a/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/math.rs b/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/math.rs
index fe82dc6e66..0973f6e6e6 100644
--- a/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/math.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/primitives/src/da/math.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub static ref TWO: BigUint = 2u32.to_biguint().unwrap();
 }
 
+pub fn fft(elements: Vec<BigUint>, xs: Vec<BigUint>, p: &BigUint) -> Vec<BigUint> {
+    let n = elements.len();
+    let mut transform = vec![BigUint::ZERO; n];
+
+    for i in 0..n {
+        for j in (0..n).rev() {
+            let value = &transform[i] * &xs[i];
+            let value = value + &elements[j];
+            let value = value % p;
+            transform[i] = value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    transform
+}
+
 /// Performs the inverse Fast Fourier Transform on a vector of `BigUint`.
 ///
 /// # Arguments
diff --git a/crates/katana/primitives/tests/blobs.rs b/crates/katana/primitives/tests/blobs.rs
index 9ae0d85ba1..831d653b74 100644
--- a/crates/katana/primitives/tests/blobs.rs
+++ b/crates/katana/primitives/tests/blobs.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use katana_primitives::da::eip4844::BLOB_LEN;
 use katana_primitives::da::encoding::encode_state_updates;
 use katana_primitives::da::serde::parse_str_to_blob_data;
 use katana_primitives::da::{blob, encoding};
@@ -17,8 +18,25 @@ fn read(path: &str) -> Vec<BigUint> {
 #[case("./tests/test-data/blobs/block_636263.txt")]
 #[case("./tests/test-data/blobs/block_636264.txt")]
 fn parse_blobs_rt(#[case] blob: &str) -> Result<()> {
-    let encoded = blob::recover(read(blob));
+    // the fft'd version
+    let fftd = read(blob);
+    // the ifft'd version
+    let encoded = blob::recover(fftd.clone());
+
     let state_update = encoding::decode_state_updates(&encoded)?;
-    let _ = encode_state_updates(state_update);
+    let mut reencoded = encode_state_updates(state_update);
+
+    // TODO: put this directly in the encoding module
+    while reencoded.len() < BLOB_LEN {
+        reencoded.push(BigUint::ZERO);
+    }
+
+    // re-fft the reencoded data
+    let refftd = blob::transform(reencoded.clone());
+
+    // assert that our encoding and transformation functions are correct
+    similar_asserts::assert_eq!(encoded, reencoded);
+    similar_asserts::assert_eq!(fftd, refftd);
+
     Ok(())
 }