Khasta flower mathri

Name: Khasta flower mathri
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup refined flour (maida); 2 tbsp butter; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp cumin seeds (zeera); 1/4 tsp carom seeds (ajwain); to taste Salt; As needed Water; As needed Oil for deep frying

Rupali Kolvekar @cook_12426173

Karwar (Karnataka)

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Rupali Kolvekar @cook_12426173

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Ingredients

1 cuprefined flour (maida)
2 tbspbutter
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspcumin seeds (zeera)
1/4 tspcarom seeds (ajwain)
to tasteSalt
As neededWater
As neededOil for deep frying

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Steps

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In a bowl add all ingredients except oil
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Mix all the ingredients well with butter
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To check if the quantity of butter is enough in the dough press some of it in your fist. If after unpressing the shape remains, then butter is sufficient
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After mixing butter well add water to it little by little & knead the dough for mathri
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For mathri dont knead soft dough
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Cover the dough & keep it that way for atleast 10mins
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Knead the dough once again
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Now break the dough into smaller pieces (lemon size balls)
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Now roll all the pieces into a cylindrical shape
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Roll all the pieces in a long flat strip
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Now carve out/cut out shape of petals on the strip as shown
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Now start rolling it from one side as shown below
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Now heat the oil in a kadai
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To check if the oil has heated up as desired add a small piece of dough into it
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Add few mathris in oil
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Do not stir the mathri immediately upon adding them into the oil, let them fry a little.fry mathri on medium low heat
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Once it's crispy, take out of oil
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Transfer on paper napkin
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