Mathri recipe
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 25 mins
Cook time: 35 mins
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients
  • 1 cup atta/wheat flour
  • ¾ to 1 cup maida/white flour
  • 1 tsp ajwain/carom seeds
  • 1 tsp crushed black pepper (optional)
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera (optional)
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • ½ to ¾ cup water
  • salt to taste
  • oil for frying
  • few black peppercorns
Instructions
  1. seive the wheat flour, white flour, cooking soda and salt together.
  2. add the ajwain.
  3. mix the carom seeds with the rest of the seived flours.
  4. add the ghee.
  5. add water and start to knead the dough.
  6. the dough should not be soft, but a little tight and hard.
  7. make the mathris in any shape as shown in the pictorials above.
  8. if making round mathris then make it a little thick.
  9. fry the mathris in low to medium hot oil till browned and crisp.
  10. serve mathri as a snack with indian chai or with punjabi mango pickle.
Recipe by Mithila.net at http://www.mithila.net/snacks/mathri-recipe-10750.html