Traditional Mathri Recipe - North Indian Savoury Cracker Recipe

Step 1: To begin making the mathri get all the ingredients ready and handy

Step 2: Take a mixing bowl add the maida, ghee, ajwain and mix it well with your hands till the mixture resembles coarse crumbs

Step 3: Add water gradually and mix till the flour comes together to form a firm and soft mathri dough

Step 4: Knead the mathri dough it lightly and put it back into the bowl, cover it with a clean damp cloth and let it rest for half an hour

Step 5: Heat oil for deep frying on a medium heat

Step 6: Divide the mathri dough into very small portions

Step 7: You will get about 20 mathris

Step 8: Roll the mathri dough into 75mm thickness or the desired thickness you like

Step 9: Make holes in them using forks, to avoid Mathri from puffing up while frying

Step 10: Drop the mathri dough into the hot oil and deep fry till the Mathri on low to medium heat until they turn golden brown in color, flipping it once or twice

Step 11: Drain the oil and put them on kitchen towel/ tissues

Step 12: Sprinkle chaat masala over the mathris and store them in airtight containers