Elo Jhelo Nimki

Name: Elo Jhelo Nimki
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 11/2 cup Maida/ All Purpose Flour; 3 tablespoon Refined Oil -; 2 to 3 cups Refined Oil for deep frying; 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 1 teaspoon Nigella Seeds/ Kalonji -

Amrita @cook_9033503

Elo Jhelo Nimki is a popular Bengali style Savoury snack. It is prepared during Durga puja and Deepvali. This elo jhelo brings back lot of childhood memories. During festivals many guests used to come to house often. So our Grandmother and mother used to prepare this snacks in bulk quantities and store into air tight containers.

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 servings

11/2 cupMaida/ All Purpose Flour
3 tablespoon Refined Oil -
2 to 3 cupsRefined Oil for deep frying
1/2 teaspoonSalt
1 teaspoonSugar
1 teaspoonNigella Seeds/ Kalonji -

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Take maida, 3 tablespoon oil, kalonji, salt and sugar all together and make dough. The dough should not be soft or very tight.
2

Now make equal size of balls and roll like chapati.
3

Now cut the roti into half circles. In each half circle, leaving one cm from each edge, make parallel slits in one cm gap in that round chapati.
4

Now hold both the ends and give a twist to those cuts and lock both the edges by pressing with fingers.
5

Now hold both the ends and give a twist to those cuts and lock both the edges by pressing with fingers.
6

Repeat the above step for the remaining dough
7

Now heat oil for deep frying. Fry the elo jhelos till golden and fry them in medium heat to avoid burning.
8

After cooling, store them in air tight container.