INDIAN CRACKERS

It’s time for a salty snack, which has an original, distinct taste and a delicate crunchy texture. What I’m talking about are Indian crackers – if you ever get to make them, you can be sure they will disappear from the plate faster than they were prepared. :)

Things we’ll need:

• 2 cups of flour (best to have 1 cup of ordinary wheat flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour)
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 1 flat teaspoon of curry
• 1 tablespoon ordinary cumin seeds
• 1 flat teaspoon salt

Mix all the ingredients well in a bowl. The dough will be a bit crumbly because of the butter. Now you have to gradually add this much water, so that the dough will not stick to your hands and will be pleasant and elastic. Form your dough into a ball and put a cloth over it, then leave it for about 30 mins. (here I have to confess, that sometimes don’t have the patience to wait this time and actually the effect on the ready snack is similar :) After this, roll the dough up to some 5mm thickness and then you can start cutting out the crackers. The best way to do this is to first cut strips about 5cm wide, and then diagonally again 5cm wide. In this way you’ll get nice rhomb shapes.

In a medium pan, heat this much oil that the crackers can easily float. You can check the temperature by putting a small piece of the dough in the oil. If the temperature is fine, the dough first lands on the bottom of the pan and then goes up and sizzles. Then you can fry the rest of the crackers. Fry them a few at a time, on both sides until they are golden in color. Then let them drip on a strainer or paper cloth. That’s it! I’m sure that it will be a hit on your party. I advise you to prepare a double portion of dough!