leaf mathri

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leaf mathri

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :30 Min

Cook Time : 20 Min

Total Time : 50 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 4
  • 1 cup all purpose flour


  • 1.5 tbsp oil


  • 1/2 tsp salt or as per taste


  • 1/4 tsp carom seeds


  • 1/3 cup spinach puree or as required


  • 4 cups oil for deep frying

Directions

  • mix flour, salt, carom seeds and oil in a bowl
  • add spinach puree little by little and prepare a stiff dough
  • cover the dough and keep aside for 15 minutes
  • knead the dough again after 15 minutes and pinch lemon sized balls from it
  • take a ball and roll into a thin round chapati using rolling pin
  • cut thin chapati into a rectangular sheet
  • make slits on the sheet leaving some space on the edges
  • now fold the sheet in half, you can put liitle water at the edges
  • fold once again in half
  • then take one of the sides and fold in reverse through the middle of layers
  • prepare all the mathris in same way
  • heat oil in a kadai
  • when oil becomes hot, reduce the flame to low
  • now add the mathris and fry until crispy
  • remove the mathris from oil and drain on the absorbent paper
  • serve or store in an air tight container after it becomes cool