Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, fried cookies (mathri). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cookies should be fried on a low flame, only then it will turn out stiff, else the cookies becomes soft. These cookies can be stored for a couple of weeks in airtight container and can be eaten as it is or served with any toppings Tip: Crumbly mixture gives a crispness to the cookies. Fried cookies (Mathri) Mathri is a traditional North Indian style crispy cracker generally prepared and feasted upon during festivals like Diwali. Once the mathri are cooked/turn golden brown, remove them over a kitchen towel (to soak excess oil) Similarly, fry all the mathri and cool completely.
Fried cookies (Mathri) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Fried cookies (Mathri) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried cookies (mathri) using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried cookies (Mathri):
- Take 1 Step
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups All Purpose flour
- Get 1/2 cup semolina (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 cup wheat flour (optional)
- Make ready 1 tbsp Dried Fenugreek leave
- Take 1 tbsp Carom seeds (ajwain)
- Get 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
- Get 1 tbsp Pepper corns crushed
- Take to taste Salt
- Take 2 Step
- Take 3 tbsp oil/ ghee
- Prepare as needed pepper corns
- Prepare as needed Lukewarm water
- Get as needed Oil to fry
- Get Tamarind chutney Ingredients
- Take 1/2 cup tamarind
- Get 1/2 cup jaggery
- Make ready 4 dates
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp chilli powder
- Get 1/2 tbsp chat masala
- Get to taste Black salt
- Take to taste Rock salt
Mathri recipe - traditional punjabi snack made during diwali or karwa chauth. it is one of the popular tea-time snacks. Just like any other deep fried snacks, this mathri has very good shelf life and stored for many weeks. So this is great snack to carry while travelling. Have it with a cup of tea or coffee, or enjoy with pickle or chutney.
Instructions to make Fried cookies (Mathri):
- Mix all the dry ingredients listed in Step 1. Add the 3 tbsp oil/ghee and give a good rub with your fingers for 2 to 3 minutes. Make the mixture crumbly. Now add lukewarm water and knead to a stiff dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes
- Once again knead the dough on a smooth surface and divide the dough in equal size big balls. Roll out the dough little thicker than a Chapathy and with a round ring cut out small rounds. This way from 1 chapathy you make multiple cookies. Press 1 pepper corn in the center of the cookies. Prick the cookies with the help of a fork. Pricking is done to avoid the cookies to puff up
- Heat oil for frying. When the oil is very hot, add in the cookies and reduce the flame. Cookies should be fried on a low flame, only then it will turn out stiff, else the cookies becomes soft. Fry it until golden brown. These cookies can be stored for a couple of weeks in airtight container and can be eaten as it is or served with any toppings
- Tip: Crumbly mixture gives a crispness to the cookies.
- Tamarind chutney: Soak the tamarind for few hours then boil the tamarind with water. Strain out the tamarind pulp. In the tamarind pulp, add in the grated jaggery and finely chopped dates. Allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes, now add the chilli, chat powder and salt. Allow it to boil for some time, till the mixture becomes thick. Check for the flavours as per your taste. Tamarind Chutney is ready..
So this is great snack to carry while travelling. Have it with a cup of tea or coffee, or enjoy with pickle or chutney. Mathri recipe with step by step photos - mathri or mathiya or mathari is a popular snack in north India and there Are many versions of making mathari. This recipe is for Punjabi style mathri which is flaky and is spiced with ajwain (carom seeds), kali mirch (black pepper), kasuri methi (dry fenugreek leaves) and jeera (cumin seeds). Mathri is a deep fried, salted and flaky Punjabi snack.
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