🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Mathri

Name: Mathri
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp, crushed Kasuri Methi; 1.25 tsp Salt; 4 tbsp, melted Ghee; 2 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1 tsp Ajwain; for deep frying Peanut Oil; 2 tbsp Semolina (Rava)

🇮🇳 Indian

North India's travelling biscuit — flaky, ajwain-scented discs fried till pale gold that last weeks in a tin. Every long car journey in India has passed on mathri.

Prep 20 min Cook 25 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

Kasuri Methi2 tbsp, crushed
Salt1.25 tsp
Ghee4 tbsp, melted
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Ajwain1 tsp
Peanut Oilfor deep frying
Semolina (Rava)2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Rub ghee into flour, semolina, ajwain, kasuri methi and salt until sandy.
2
Add just enough water for a very stiff dough; rest 20 minutes.
3
Roll thick small discs and prick all over with a fork.
4
Fry on low-medium till pale gold and blistered.
5
Cool completely — they firm up as they sit.

Chef's tip

Prick well or they puff like puris — mathri is meant to stay flat and dense.

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