Who doesn't loves Mathri? I do! It is something you can munch it at any time of the day.
So, usually this
snack is made of All-purpose flour (Maida), but I believe that it is not much
healthy so I make it in my own way.
Ingredients:
All-purpose
flour (Maida) - 1 cup
Wheat
flour- 1 1/2 cup
Sooji
(Rava) - 1/2 cup
Black
pepper- Freshly grounded
Salt
to taste
Cumin
powder- 1/2 tbsp
Oil
for frying and kneading
Water
Procedure:
ake a large mixing bowl and add the all-purpose flour, wheat flour and sooji in it. Add salt, black pepper and cumin powder in it. To this add around 10 tbsp of oil and mix. A crumbly mixture will be formed, you need to make sure that as you take the mixture in your hands, and it binds together. If it doesn't, add a little more oil and try it again. This is done to make sure that the snack is crispy (khasta) from the inside too.
Knead the mixture well with water, keep the kneaded flour a little hard and let it set for 10 minutes covered.
Meanwhile, take a utensil for frying and add oil in it. Let the oil heat.
Cut medium pieces of the flour and flatten them into a not so thin thickness. Prick it with a use of a fork or anything pointed because we don't want them to expand. Sprinkle some flour below if you need. Now, cut out strips of the flour by using a knife or a pizza cutter and put them to fry. The oil should be on high when you put these in, after a minute lower down the heat and let them turn golden brown. Take a frying aid spoon and take them out on an oil soaking paper.
You can serve these hot with pickle or store them in an air tight container for a lot of weeks once they come to a room temperature.
This snack is the best when you have a cup of tea in your hand and it is raining outside :)
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