Description
Mathri or Mathiya is a popular North Indian savory snack, especially made during festive occasions like Diwali, Holi, or marriages. This healthier version of mathri is easy to make and best enjoyed with a cup of evening tea or coffee. Learn how to make crisp whole wheat mathri recipe without further delay.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons fine semolina (suji)
- ¼ teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
- 2 tablespoon dry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) slightly coarsed
- 1 teaspoon whole black pepper corn crushed
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (optional)
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
- Water as required
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, take all the dry ingredients – wheat flour, semolina, carom seeds, black pepper, dry fenugreek leaves, cumin seeds, salt to taste, and ghee.
- Mix well everything with the help of a spoon or rub with your hand generously until ghee is absorbed with flour and crumbled.
- Now add little water slowly into the mixture and knead to make a stiff and tight dough. Cover the dough for 5 minutes.
- After that, knead it again and divide the dough into equal portions to make a ball and flatten with hand or roll it with a rolling pin into ½ inch thick.
- Prick all over using a fork to prevent from puffing.
- Heat oil in a kadhai or deep pan over medium flame.
- Fry 4-5 mathris at a time at low medium flame until golden brown and crisp from both sides. Take out in a kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
- Serve mathri with tea and coffee.
- Cool them to room temperature and store them in an airtight container for a month.
Notes
- Replace whole wheat flour with all-purpose flour to prepare traditional and flakier mathri.
- As per your taste buds, you can adjust the amount of the spices.
- To make the stiff or tight dough, the water should be added gradually.
- Make sure the mathris should not be fried in very hot oil. Fry on medium to low flame to have flaky and crispy mathri.
- Alternatively, you can bake them in a preheated oven at 180-degree celsius for 25-30 minutes.
- Category: Appetizers & Snacks
- Cuisine: North Indian
Keywords: Mathri Recipe, Indian Savory Snacks, How to make Whole Wheat Mathri, Easy Atta Mathri