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Nimki/Namak Pare (Crunchy Savory Crackers) – Shaped Three Simple Ways! | Playful Cooking

Nimki/Namak Pare (Crunchy Savory Crackers) – Shaped Three Simple Ways!

Kankana Saxena
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon nigella seeds
  • 2 tablespoons ghee or oil
  • ½ cup water
  • oil to deep fry the crackers

Instructions
 

  • In a mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, sugar, nigella seeds and ghee/oil. Mix everything until the texture is crumbly. When you hold a little bit of the mixture firmly in your palm, it should retain its shape.
  • Add water, little by little, until you form a smooth dough. Cover the dough with a wet kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 minutes (This is important as it helps the gluten to relax which will thereby make it easy to roll the dough).
  • TO SHAPE IT LIKE RHOMBUS - Divide the dough into 4 to 5 balls. Rub little flour on the ball and roll it into a thin circular shape. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, slice the rolled dough into zigzag pattern.
  • TO SHAPE IT LIKE TRIANGLES -Divide the dough into tiny ping pong size balls. Roll each ball into very thin circles. Rub a little oil on the rolled circle and sprinkle some flour. Then, fold it into semi-circle and fold it again into triangular shape. I further rolled it very gently to make it tad bit bigger in shape.
  • TO SHAPE IT INTO SWIRL CIRCLES -Divide the dough into 4 to 5 dumplings. Rub little flour on the ball and roll it into a thin circular shape. Rub little oil on the rolled dough followed by sprinkling some flour.
  • Now, start rolling tightly from one end to another. Slice the roll into 1 cm disc. Keeping the swirl side up, gently roll the disc to about 2 inches diameter circle.
  • Place a heavy bottom pan on medium heat and pour enough oil to deep fry. Once the oil starts to heat up, drop the sliced dough into the oil (don’t worry if it gets stuck to each other as it will separate out in hot oil). Fry at medium heat for 5 minutes. Then, crank up the heat and fry for 5 more minutes tossing and turning for even golden color on the crackers.
  • Continue rolling and frying the rest of the dough the same way.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings