Methi khakhra

Khakhra is a popular vegetarian roasted Gujarati Indian thin cracker bread or snack item made from wheat flour.

Khakhra is made in several varieties such as methi, jeera, bajri, math and masala flavours to name a few.

Khakhra is usually eaten with chutney, pickles, butter, ghee or yogurt.

Khakhra is  available in many flavours like jeera khakhra, masala khakhra, methi khakhra, pani puri khakhra, pav bhavji khakhra etc...

Preparation time : one hour
Makes : 8

Ingredients :

Wheat flour (or) chapati atta : 1 cup
Fenugreek leaves (or) methi leaves : 1/4 cup chopped finely
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Green chili paste : 1/2 tsp
Salt : to taste
Oil : 2 tbsp
Water : as needed
Ghee : 4 tsp

Method :

Take a bowl , add methi leaves, oil, turmeric powder, green chili paste and salt mix all together.
Add flour mix well.
Add water little at a time and make a nice smooth dough (like chapati dough)
Wrap it and leave it for at least for 15 mins.

After 15 mins take the dough , kneed it again with 1 tsp of oil.
Make 8 round balls from that dough.

Take one ball at a time , dust it with little wheat flour and roll it very very thin.
(you can even see through it kind off )
Roll all of them.

Heat a tawa, put it in medium heat.
Take one khakhra and place it on tawa, when you see the bubbles , flip it and cook it for few mins, take it out.You just need heat them, with no spot on it. (just to take away the rawness)

Apply ghee on them , now they are soft only.
You can even bend them at this stage.

Let them cool down.
Heat tawa on medium heat.
Place khakhra on it , Take  roti press, potato press, kitchen towel or base of a glass... and keep pressing the bubbles that appear on khakhra.
Turn it to the other side and do the same , till they are crisp or till you can see light golden brown color on them.

You can even do them roti maker.
Switch on your roti maker, when it is warm enough, put your khakhra.
Press it, flip it to the other side, press it again.
Do not press it too hard, do them till they are crisp.

One thing is if you bake them too much then they will be chewy.
So take care not to over bake them.

When you serve apply little ghee and sprinkle little chat masala on them.
Store them in air tight container for freshness and for 15 days.
Enjoy your khakhra.....
It is a nice tea time snack....
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