Crispy, spicy, and totally addictive—these Masala Crackers are the perfect tea-time snack you won’t be able to stop munching! #FoodFusion #SnackTime #MasalaCrackers #happycookingtoyou #digitalammi #teatime
Ingredients:
-Maida (All-purpose flour) 2 & ½ Cups
-Sooji (Semolina) 2 & ½ tbs
-Lal mirch (Red chilli) crushed 1 tbs
-Ajwain (Carom seeds) ½ tsp
-Zeera (Cumin seeds) roasted & crushed ½ tbs
-Chaat masala 1 & ½ tsp
-Sugar powdered 1 & ½ tsp
-Iodized Himalayan pink salt 1 tsp or to taste
-Ghee (Clarified butter) 2 tbs
-Water ¾ Cup
-Dry flour as required
Direction:
-In a bowl, add all purpose flour, semolina, red chilli crushed, carom seeds (crush with hands), cumin, chaat masala, sugar powdered, pink salt, clarified butter, mix well until crumbled.
-Add water gradually, mix well & knead until medium hard dough is formed.
-Cover & let it rest for 15 minutes.
-Transfer dough on cutting board, knead dough again until smooth.
-Take a small part of dough & roll out with the help of a rolling pin, as thin as possible. (dust some dry flour if needed)
-Now cut rectangle shape (4x2.5 inches), prick with fork, make slits breadthwise on the dough from top & bottom.
-Give ½ cm wide slits throughout the dough, dust lightly the top with dry flour.
-Dip your finger tip in water & run it to all the edges of the dough.
-Carefully pick up the dough from one side & fold it like a book fold, once again apply water on the edges, lift again from the corners & fold it again like a book fold.
-Lift the dough & fold the top edge & bend and bring the top edge through the centre to the other side, this will give it a leave shape, similarly close the bottom edges.
-In a wok, add cooking oil, heat it (150 °C), add prepared raw masala crackers & fry on medium flame until golden & crispy.
-Serve with green chutney!
