Mathri

Mathri Recipe

Ingredients:-

2 cups All Purpose flour (plain flour or maida)

1/2  cup sooji (semolina flour)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ajwain

4 tablespoons oil

3/4 cup lukewarm water (use as needed)

Oil to fry 

How to make mathri:-

·         Mix all the ingredients except the water.

·         Add the water little at a time, kneading into a firm dough.

·         Cover the dough and set aside for 15 minutes or more. Now, divide the dough into about 40 equal parts.

·         Take each part of the dough and make a flat ball shape. Roll them into 2 inch circles.

·         Prick each mathri with a fork in 5 to 6 places, so the mathris do not puff when frying.

·         Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat.

·         The frying pan should have at least 1 1/2 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.

·         Fry a few mathris at a time. Make sure to place just enough mathris to cover the frying oil.

·         Fry the mathris until both sides are a light golden-brown.

 

Modak

Modak Recipe

Ingredients:-

For the filling

2 Cup shredded fresh coconut

1/2 Cup mixture of unsalted pistachios and unsalted cashews

1/2 Pinch of cardamom powder

1/2 Cup milk

1 Cup jaggery or sugar

For the outer cover

1 Cup rice flour

1 tsp Ghee

1 Cup water

1/2 tsp Salt

 

How to make modak:-

·         To prepare the filling, combine coconut, milk and jaggery or sugar, mix well.

·         Cook it over medium flame, stir continuously till they are mixed properly.

·         Add cashews and pistachios and cook for about one minute. Now add cardamom powder.

·         Let it cool, keep aside and bring water to a boil.

·         Now add flour, ghee and salt, stir quickly so as to remove all lumps.

·         Cover with a lid for some time and cook, remove the lid and keep stirring.

·         Now remove the pan from the heat and transfer all the mixture on a flat plate.

·         Knead it to make soft dough. It should be neither too sticky nor too dry.

·         Grease the palms of your hands properly and make a ball from the dough.

·         Flatten the dough to make a cup shape. Now, put 3/4 tsp coconut filling into this cup.

·         Dip thumb and index finger in the oil and make 5-6 small pinches on the outside edges of the cup.

·         Bring them together on top and join to shape a peak.

·         Put modak on a pre greased plate.

 

Fafda

Fafda Recipe

Ingredients:-

2 cups Besan

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Ajwain

1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder

1 tbsp Oil

1/2 tsp Salt 

How to make fafda:-

·         Mix the besan, soda, ajwain, haldi, oil (1 tbsp) and salt together in a bowl. Add water to it and knead into soft dough.

·         Take a portion of the dough and place it on a greased surface.

·         With base of your palm, flatten the dough and then, cut out 2" strips from it.

·         Fry these strips over medium heat until crisp. Let them cool.

·          Fafda is ready to eat. Serve with spicy chutney.