Namak para-Homemade Crispy Namakpare

Preparation time-40 minutes
Serving:8

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour/wheat flour-200 gm
• Ghee/vegetable oil-50 gm
• Carom seeds(ajwain)-1 tsp
• Black pepper powder-1/2 tsp
• Cooking oil for frying
• Salt to taste
• Water

Method:

• Add black pepper, ajwain and salt into the flour and mix it properly.
• Add ghee and mix it in the flour for a minute.
• Add water and  knead the flour into dough(dough should be a little stiffer than the chapati dough).
• Cover the dough and leave it for 15-20 minutes.
• Take a portion of the dough and roll it into chapati shape with rolling pin.
• Cut it into diamond shape chunks with knife and take out in a plate.
• Heat oil in a thick bottom pan.
• Put one namakpara into the oil to check the temperature of oil.
• Put the small portion of namakpara into the hot oil carefully.
• Fry it on low-medium flame till it turns golden.
• Take it out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil.
• Repeat the frying steps to fry the remaining namakparas.
• Ready to serve.

*Storing Tip-store it in a airtight container and consume it within 2 weeks