🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Nimki

Name: Nimki
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.25 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp, melted Ghee; 2 cups All-Purpose Flour; for deep frying Peanut Oil; 1 tsp Nigella Seeds (Kalonji)

🇮🇳 Indian

Bengal and Bihar's kalonji-studded diamond biscuits — salt, nigella, flour, oil, nothing else, and somehow always the empty plate at the end. The original cup-of-chai companion.

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

Salt1.25 tsp
Ghee2 tbsp, melted
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Peanut Oilfor deep frying
Nigella Seeds (Kalonji)1 tsp

Instructions

1
Rub ghee into flour with kalonji and salt.
2
Knead a firm dough with minimal water; rest 15 minutes.
3
Roll into a thick sheet and cut into diamonds.
4
Deep fry on medium till pale gold and flaky.
5
Cool; store in a tin for weeks if they survive.

Chef's tip

Cut strips even in width — uneven diamonds fry unevenly and the thin ones go dark.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Namkeen Recipe | How to Make Nimki | Tea time Snack Recipe | Namak Pare · on YouTube