Namak Paare
A crispy, crunchy dry snack made with refined flour and a few basic ingredients. Easy to make and super delicious. Can be stored and eaten for days together.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Rolling pin and board
- Kadhai
- Knife
- Slotted Spoon
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Refined Flour
- 2 tbsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds)
- 2 tsp Salt
- ⅓ Cup Hot Ghee
- 1½ Cups Lukewarm Water
- Oil; for frying
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine refined flour, salt and carom seeds.
- Add ghee. Mix and rub the mixture between your hands such that the ghee mixes well with the flour and the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
- Add lukewarm water in parts and knead a firm dough.
- Cover and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 8 parts. Round each portion onto a ball.
- Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil (about 1/2 litre) in a kadhai.
- Take a dough ball, roll and flatten it using a rolling pin. While you work on one portion of the dough, leave the rest of the portions covered.
- Using a knife, cut the rolled dough, as shown in the picture.
- Put these pieces into hot oil. By putting all these pieces together, the temperature of the oil will be reduced.
- Fry them on high heat, mixing and flipping them using a slotted spoon.
- Once they become light brown, remove them into a paper towel.
- Let them cool completely before transferring them to an airtight jar.