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Today we will prepare sumptuous Sooji Mathri.
There are really delicious and crusty.
Making them is really easy.
Let's start making Sooji Mathri.
To make Semolina Mathri,
let's first of all prepare the dough.
We have taken 2.5 cup semolina in a mixing bowl.
If fine semolina is unavailable,
you can use the thick semolina as well.
If taking thick semolina, add refined flour to it,
you will make sumptuous mathris.
We have taken 1/2 cup oil,
add it to the semolina.
Take 2 finely chopped green chilies,
deseeded them so that they are less spicy.
Using them is optional.
You can skip it if desired.
Add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin seeds,
add 1 tsp carom seeds,
crush the carom seeds with hands like this.
It enhances the taste.
Mix all ingredients.
Now let's prepare dough from it.
We have taken lukewarm water to knead the dough.
Pour a little water in the semolina
and knead the dough.
Prepare a soft dough,
Dough from refined flour is usally stiff for making mathri,
though we will keep the semolina dough a bit soft
as it puffs up later and becomes stiff.
Soft dough is ready.
Dough is soft but it will puff up later and becomes stiff.
Cover and keep aside the dough for 20 minutes.
Once the dough is set and ready,
we will prepare mathri.
20 minutes are done, dough is set and ready.
It is now hard.
Squash the dough a bit.
We have used a little more than 1/2 cup water
for the dough.
Break lumps from the dough to make mathris.
You can keep the mathri big or small as desired.
Break the dough and make a log.
Break small lumps from the dough.
Take a dough ball, make it round and
then like a peda.
Roll it out.
Cover and keep rest of the dough,
so that it doesnt dry up.
Keep the mathri thick.
Poke the mathri with a fork so that it doesn't puff up.
Flip and poke it on the other side as well.
Make the mathris and place it in a plate.
Prepare 5 to 6 mathris first.
Put the oil to heat in a wok,
turn on flame.
Roll out the mathri, poke it and make it.
Mathri is rolled and ready,
now let's fry it.
To make mathri, you need less than medium hot oil,
To check oil, drop a small dough ball in the oil.
Bubbles are formed.
Flame is reduced to minimum,
as the oil is rightly hot.
Put the mathris in oil to fry,
Put as many mathri in the wok as they fit in.
Keep the flame medium.
Fry the mathris on medium flame.
Meanwhile till the mathris are fried,
prepare rest of mathri by rolling out likewise.
Check the mathri while they are fried,
flame should not be high.
Mathris are roasted from beneath,
flip them.
Flip and fry the mathris till they are golden brown.
Mathris are golden brown,
take them out.
To take them out,lift them over a slotted laddle,
hold the laddle on the edge of the wok for a while
so that extra oil drains back to the wok.
Take out the mathri and place in a plate.
Fry and prepare all the mathris likewise.
Mathris are fried and ready.
It takes 7 to 8 minutes to fry mathri at once.
We have prepared 30 mathris with this quantity of dough.
Crispy and crusty Semolina mathri are ready.
These are really scrumptious and easy to make.
Make sure that while you knead the dough,
it should not be too soft.
Keep it soft as it puffs up later.
Fry the mathris on medium low flame,
til they are golden brown.
You will make yummy mathris,
When the mathris cool down,
put them in an air tight container.
You can relish these for over 2 months,
these will keep good.
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