Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 40 minutes
- Preparation: 20 minutes
- Cooking: 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- Methi Leaves (Fenugreek Leaves) - small bunch
- 2-2 Green Chillies - crushed
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- 3/4 cup Butter (unsalted) - melted
- Water - as required
- Salt - to taste
Instructions
- To begin with Methi Namak Pare, firstly wash the Methi leaves a couple of times under running tap water and pat dry with a kitchen towel
- Chop it into small pieces and keep it aside
- Mix wheat flour, plain flour, green chillies, methi leave, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, salt, water and knead into a hard dough in a mixing bowl
- Melt unsalted butter or hot oil and add it to the dough above
- Knead a couple of times with hand and obtain the dough
- Divide them into equal balls
- Pinching each ball one at a time, flatten & roll it out to 1/4 " thickness using a rolling pin
- Using a knife cut it into diagonal lines (diamond shape) or the desired shape you like
- To check if the oil is at the correct temperature, first, pinch a tiny portion of dough, add it to oil if it raises to top immediately then oil is at the correct temperature, otherwise heat the oil for few more seconds
- Deep fry them on a low flame until it turns brown in a deep fry pan
- Drain them on a paper towel to soak the extra oil
- Once cooled store them in an airtight container
- Serve Methi Namak Pare with hot Masala Chai or a cup of coffee
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Indian
- Snack
- Vegetarian