This Mathri recipe is very easy to make and amazingly tasty. This crunchy delight may become your favourite recipe.
Try first then believe it. This is one of my favourite easy to make snacks! This recipe is perfect for breakfast.
A small savoury bite enjoyed in the evening with your favourite pickle n some tea/coffee. This recipe is baked and gluten-free, Crunchy and irresistible. Mathri recipes will have your mouth watering just thinking about them!
This recipe is comforting, chewy, moist and delicious. Perfect for breakfast or as evening snacks, you should make it this week. You can try out our Keto Mathri Recipe here.
Ingredients required for Mathri recipe:
2 cups all-purpose flour (Maida) – 250 grams
½ cup whole wheat flour (Atta) – 60 grams
3 tablespoons ghee or 3 tablespoons oil – any neutral tasting oil
5 to 6 tablespoons water or add as required
2 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
2 teaspoon black peppercorns – crushed coarsely or kept whole if you prefer
2 teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves Kasuri methi
One teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 pinch asafoetida (hing) – optional
1 pinch baking soda – optional for frying but do add if baking the mathri
Salt as required
Oil as required, for deep frying
Preparation Method for Mathri recipe:
1 Take a pan and add oil to it.
2 When heated up the oil add all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, dry fenugreek leaves, baking soda and pinch of salt and all the spices.
3 Then with the help of a spoon mix the mixture and when the mixture is cool to handle mix in the flour with your fingertips.
4 The mixture should resemble breadcrumbs.
5 You have to do this, again and again, this step. This will make the flaky texture.
6 Then add one to two tablespoons of water at a time and mix the dough well.
7 We do not knead it like a roti just mix the water in the dough till it comes together.
8 When it can be easily gathered together into a ball. Cover it with a towel and leave it for 30 minutes to set it aside.
Rolling Mathari: Mathri Recipe
1 Take a deep pan and add oil to it.
2 When heated up the oil adds small balls from the dough and with your palms roll them lightly.
3 Tip: you can cover them with a paper towel so they do not dry out.
4 With the help of a rolling pin flatten each ball.
5 Do the same process with all dough.
Frying Mathri: Mathri Recipe
1. We have to fry the mathri in medium hot oil. If oil is too hot it will turn brown from out and if the oil is cold then the mathri will absorb a lot of oil.
2. So make sure the oil will be medium hot.
3. Fry the mathri from both sides well till it turns crispy and golden.
4. Drain mathri on paper towels and store them in an air-tight container box.
5. Serve this mathri with ginger tea or evening tea as evening snacks.
Nutritional Information for Mathri recipe:
Amount per Serving
Calories 53Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 4mg1%
Sodium 48mg2%
Potassium 21mg1%
Carbohydrates 8g 3%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 1g 1%
Protein 1g 2%
Vitamin A 3IU 0%
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg 67%
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 1mg 59%
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1mg 5%
Vitamin B6 1mg 50 %
Vitamin C 1mg 1 %
Vitamin E 1mg 7%
Vitamin K 1µg 1%
Calcium 4mg 0%
Vitamin B9 (Folate) 16µg 4%
Iron 1mg 6%
Magnesium 5mg 1%
Phosphorus 17mg 2%
Zinc 1mg 7
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is mathri made of? Mathri Recipe
The mathri recipe is made from flour, water, and carom seeds.
Is mathri made of Maida?
It is usually made with refined flour and semolina. Spices like cumin, carom seeds, kaloni, sesame seeds and fenugreek leaves are used to flavour the snack.
