Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, fried cookies (mathri). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Fried cookies (Mathri) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Fried cookies (Mathri) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fried cookies (mathri) using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fried cookies (Mathri):

1. Take 1 Step
2. Prepare 1 1/2 cups All Purpose flour
3. Make ready 1/2 cup semolina (optional)
4. Take 1/2 cup wheat flour (optional)
5. Make ready 1 tbsp Dried Fenugreek leave
6. Prepare 1 tbsp Carom seeds (ajwain)
7. Get 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
8. Get 1 tbsp Pepper corns crushed
9. Take to taste Salt
10. Make ready 2 Step
11. Prepare 3 tbsp oil/ ghee
12. Take as needed pepper corns
13. Get as needed Lukewarm water
14. Get as needed Oil to fry
15. Take Tamarind chutney Ingredients
16. Take 1/2 cup tamarind
17. Get 1/2 cup jaggery
18. Prepare 4 dates
19. Prepare 1/2 tbsp chilli powder
20. Prepare 1/2 tbsp chat masala
21. Get to taste Black salt
22. Make ready to taste Rock salt

Steps to make Fried cookies (Mathri):

1. Mix all the dry ingredients listed in Step 1. Add the 3 tbsp oil/ghee and give a good rub with your fingers for 2 to 3 minutes. Make the mixture crumbly. Now add lukewarm water and knead to a stiff dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes
2. Once again knead the dough on a smooth surface and divide the dough in equal size big balls. Roll out the dough little thicker than a Chapathy and with a round ring cut out small rounds. This way from 1 chapathy you make multiple cookies. Press 1 pepper corn in the center of the cookies. Prick the cookies with the help of a fork. Pricking is done to avoid the cookies to puff up
3. Heat oil for frying. When the oil is very hot, add in the cookies and reduce the flame. Cookies should be fried on a low flame, only then it will turn out stiff, else the cookies becomes soft. Fry it until golden brown. These cookies can be stored for a couple of weeks in airtight container and can be eaten as it is or served with any toppings
4. Tip: Crumbly mixture gives a crispness to the cookies.
5. Tamarind chutney: Soak the tamarind for few hours then boil the tamarind with water. Strain out the tamarind pulp. In the tamarind pulp, add in the grated jaggery and finely chopped dates. Allow it to cook for 2 to 3 minutes, now add the chilli, chat powder and salt. Allow it to boil for some time, till the mixture becomes thick. Check for the flavours as per your taste. Tamarind Chutney is ready..

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