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Today we are going to make punjabi masala mathari.
This mathari is very tasty.
These can be eaten during breakfast or whenever you are a little hungry.
So come, let's prepare punjabi masala mathari.
Maida - 2 cup or 250 grams
Wheat flour (Gehun atta) - 1/2 cup or 75 grams
Besan - 1/2 cup or 50 grams
Semolina (Suji) - 1/4 cup or 50 grams
Refined oil - 1/2 cup (To be used to knead the dough)
Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1/2 tsp
Carom seeds (Ajwain) - 1/2 tsp
Coarinader - 1tsp
Fennel seeds (Saunf) - 1 tsp
Black pepper (Kali mirch) - 1 /2 tsp
Cloves (Laung) - 4
Salt - less than 1 tsp or as per taste
Asafetida (Hing) - 1 pinch
Fenugreek (Kasuri methi) - 2 tbsp
To make the mathari, first we need to grind the spices this can be done by hand or using the mixer.
So let's grind the spices.
Leave cumin and carom seeds as it is.
Add coriander, fennel seeds, black pepperand cloves in the mixer and finely grind.
Our spices are now finely grounded.
Take maida in a big bowl.
Add besan and wheat flour to the bowl. Adding all the flour together will give the mathri a different taste.
Add salt, cumin seeds, carom seeds, asafetida, kasuri methi and also the spices that we had prepared.
Mix everything well.
Now add oil to the flour.
The oil should be 1/4 of the flour. That is we have taken 400 grams flour so the oil to be added should be 100 grams.
Mix the flourthis way using your hands.
Keep adding a little water and prepare a hard dough.
If we add ghee in place of oil then the mathri will become very soft.
The dough for the mathari is now ready.
We have used 3/4 cup water to knead this much dough.
Cover the dough and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes, the dough will set and then we will prepare the mathri.
20 minutes are over and our dough is now set.
Pat the dough a little.
Now break small balls from the dough.
Preapare the balls.
Prepare as many balls from the dough.
Our balls are now ready.
We have prepared 35 balls from this much dough.
Now we will prepare the mathari.
To make the mathari, press the ball this way and make it flat.
We can prepare the mathari either by rolling it through a rolling pin or can use your palm this way and prepare a mathri.
So you can make the mathari as you feel comfortable.
We are preparing the matharis this way using our hands.
Press using your both hands and prepare the mathari.
Prepare all the matharis similarly and keep it in a plate.
On the other hand, add oil to a pan and let it heat.
Our mathari is ready and even the oil is hot.
We need medium hot oil to prepare the mathari.
We can check this way by putting our hand on top of the pan to see whether the oil is hot or not.
Let the stove be on low flame.
As the mathari needs to be fried on medium or low flame.
Now add the mathari to the pan and fry.
Add as many mathari to the pan as can come at one time.
Fry the matharis on medium low flame till they become golden brown in colour from both sides.
Till the time our mathari fries, let's prepare some more mathris.
Flip the matharis once they are golden brown and start to flow in the oil.
Keep flipping the matharis and fry till they become golden brown in colour from both sides.
The mathari is golden brown from both sides.
Take them out from the pan.
Add the remainning matharis to the pan.
Take out these mathris as well once they are golden brown.
All the matharis are now ready.
It takes around 10-12 minutes to fry these matharis.
Punjabi masala mathari is now ready.
Very tasty and crispy mathari is prepared.
They are easily made. Just make sure that you knead a hard dough and the oil should not be too hot while frying.
Fry the mathari on medium flame and you can always increase the flame if you feel its too low.
Delicious mathari is ready.
Serve masala mathari with some pickle along with tea, coffee or cold drink.
Once the mathari is cool, store them in a container and enjoy eating it for about 2 months.
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