Crispy Namak Para | Nimki Recipe | How to make Nimki
Indian Cuisine
namak para recipe, layered nimki recipe, crispy deep fried snack with flour (maida).
Ingredients
- 500 gms Brown Bread
- 2 tbsp ghee/oil
- 80 gms Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 tsp carom seeds
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Take 500 gms of flour.
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Add 80 gms of oil to it. You can also use ghee (clarified butter) for this.
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Add 1 tsp fennel seeds.
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Add 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) to it
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Add 1 tsp cumin seeds to the mixture.
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Add 1 tsp salt to the mixture. Do not add a lot of salt or else the namak para might not taste good.
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Mix everything together. Make sure the flour is sticking to each other when you take it in hand. If not, then add some more ghee to it.
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Start adding water to the mixture to make the dough. Add the water in parts and not all together. Remember we need to make the dough a bit hard so do not add a lot of water.
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Prepare a tight dough.
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Cover it with a cloth and keep it aside for 15 min.
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Saata: For preparing saata, we will take 2 tbsp ghee in a bowl.
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Add 1 tbsp flour to it and mix it the two together to form a paste.
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Remove the cloth from the dough.
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Give the dough a nice mix with the hand.
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Start cutting small pieces of the dough with a knife.
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Prepare small balls of the dough.
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Roll it with a rolling pin. It need not be perfect circle but the thickness should be consistent from every where.
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Spread some saata on the whole flattened dough
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Start rolling the flattened dough with hand.
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Make sure to roll it tight.
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Start cutting small pieces of the rolled dough with a knife.
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Make small pieces.
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After cutting into small pieces flatten with hand as shown in the image.
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It should be very thin.
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Again roll the flattened piece with a rolling pin.
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Apply some saata on the top.
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Fold it into half.
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Add some saata on the top.
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Make another fold and apply saata on the top
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Give it gentle press so that all sides stick to each other.
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Do this with all the pieces.
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Deep fry the para in medium hot oil. Keep the flame to medium throughout.
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Occasionally turn the para to the other side so that all the sides are cooked completely.
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After the namak paras turn golden brown, you can stop the flame and remove them out.
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Your namak para is ready. Store it in a jar. You can have it with tea or evening snack. Enjoy!!!
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