Fenugreek salt pare recipe
Total Time: 40 minutes
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients:
- salt
- wheat flour
- methi leaves (fenugreek leaves)
- water
- cumin seeds (jeera)
- flour (maida)
- turmeric powder
- green chillies
- butter
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