Nimki (Airfried)

Nimki is a snacks which is made with wheat flour, salt, ghee/ butter, kalonji/ black onion seeds. All the Ingredients are mixed with  little water to form a dough. Rolled to a flat bread and cut into desired shape and airfried.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat flour - 1 cup

Butter / ghee - 2 tsp

Kalonji/ black onion seeds - 1/4 tsp

Oil - 1 tablespoon

Water- to knead 

Salt to taste

Method:

# Mix Whole Wheat flour, salt, kalonji, ghee.

# Sprinkle little water to knead a stiff dough.

# Divide the dough to Marble size balls.

# Roll the dough to a flat bread / Chappati with 1/2 inch thickness.

# Cut in desired shape.

# Place the nimkis in airfrier and fry at 180'c for 12 minutes. In between brush some oil.

Once nimkis are fried allow it to cool, store in an airtight container.

Ribbon Pakoda

Ribbon Pakoda

Ribbon Pakoda is a crispy savoury item prepared for tea-time / festival's like Deepawali. 

Ingredients:

Besan / gram flour - 3 cups

Rice flour - 1 cup

Red chilli powder - 1.5 tsp

Asafatidia / hing - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Oil - for frying

Method:

# Mix gram flour, rice flour, salt, asafatidia in a bowl.

# Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Pour the hot oil in the dry mixture. When you pour the oil sizzling sound should come.

# Give a resting time for 5 minutes. Mix well, you should get bread crumbs consistency. 

# Sprinkle water about 1/2 cup or as you required to knead a soft dough.

# Heat oil on medium flame.

# Use ribbon dics to prepare Pakoda.

# Roll the dough and put it in the machine and start making Pakoda.

# Turn the Pakoda in every 30 sec. Once the bubbles settels down remove from oil.

# Once it becomes slightly cool store in an airtight container.

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Cheese Crackers

Cheese Crackers

Cheese Crackers are perfect tea-time companion. These are prepared with whole wheat, cheese and crushed pepper. No baking powder and baking soda required. 

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat flour - 1 cup / 130 gms

Cheese - 50 gms ( grated)

Unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons

Crushed pepper - 1 tsp

Mixed herbs - 1tsp

Salt - to taste

Chilled water - 1/4 cup / as required

Method:

# Mix whole wheat flour, grated cheese, butter, crushed pepper, mixed herbs.

# Mix well until you get bread crumbs consistency.

# Sprinkle chilled water and knead the dough. 

# Refrigerate the dough for 20 minutes.

# Dust some wheat flour and roll to a chapati / flat bread. It should be thin. Use a cookie cutter to shape crackers.

# Preheat oven/ microwave convection mode @ 170'c.

# Grease your baking tin with oil/ butter. Arrange the crackers and bake @ same temperature for 10 minutes.

Allow it to cool completely, store in an airtight container.

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Thattai / Savoury Crackers

Thattai / Savoury Crackers
Thattai is one of the savoury recipe, prepared during Krishna Janmashtami.
A very simple savoury recipe with minimum ingredients. Gendrally it is deep fried, but to make it healthier, I used Airfryer. These tattai's can be deep fried also.

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Roasted Urud dal powder - 1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts powder - 1/2 cup
Asafoetida / Hing - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder / Papperica - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 50 grms
Oil few drops
Salt to taste

Method:
# Mix, rice flour, urud dal powder, peanuts powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt butter and mix well till it comes to bread crumbs consistency.
# Sprinkle water, and knead dough.
# Dough should be stiff enough.
# Make marble size balls and spread it round shape in a plastic sheet.
# With a knife or tooth pick make marks in thattai, so that it doesn't puff up.
# Pre Heat Airfrier @ 180'c for 5 min.
# Fry thattai in batches. In between brush oil.
# Fry @ 180'c for 15-20 min.

Serve it.
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Eggless Savoury Muffins - Airfryer Recipe!!

Eggless Savoury Muffins - Airfrier Recipe!!
We gendrally love to eat Muffins, but I tried this Savoury Muffins, stuffed with Cottage Cheese and Spinach.... Which came out really well. I would love to share this recipe, as you can serve this as a party special!!!

Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 1 cup

Baking soda - 1/ tsp

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Butter - 50 grms

Condensed milk - 2 tablespoon

For filling:
Spinach - 1/2 cup
Cottage cheese - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Kasuri methi /
Mixed herbs -  1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

# Seive the flour, add baking soda, baking powder.

# Mix Condensed milk and butter well.

# Add wet ingredients with dry ingredients, add little salt and pepper powder.

# For filling heat pan add oil add spinach, salt, Cumin powder, pepper powder and mix, then add kasuri methi.

# Preheat the Airfrier @ 180'c for 5 min.

# Pour the mixture in mould 1/2 and then fill the filling, then again pour the mixture and bake it at 180'c for 15-20 min.

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