Namak Paare
December 17th, 2008 filed under Snacks, Vegan
Namak paare is pastry like crunchy snack lightly seasoned with carom seed. This is great snack with cup of tea. I like them with spiced mango or lemon pickle.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup All purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons Sooji fine (semolina flour)
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4teaspoon Carom seeds (ajwain)
- 2 tablespoon oil
- About 1/3 cup water as needed
- Oil to fry
Method:
- Mix flour, sooji, salt, carom seeds, and oil, and mix it with fingertips to get consistency of breadcrumb.
- Add water as needed to make firm but smooth dough. Cover with damp cloth and set aside at least for ten minutes.
- Knead the dough for another minute and divide in two equal parts.
- Take each part of the dough and make a flat ball shape. Roll them into 9-inch circles and thickness of salted crackers.
- Prick them with a fork all over the rolled dough, so the paras do not puff when frying.
- Cut each of the rolled dough into about half inch wide and 2 inch long pieces. Note: you can cut them in your desire shape.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
- The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.
- Make sure to place just enough namak paras so you can turn them over easily when frying. Fry the namak paras until both sides are light golden-brown.
- After namak paras come to room temperature they should become crisp.
Tips:
- Namak paras can be stored for one month in airtight containers.
- If the Namak paras are cooked on high heat, they will be soft.
Hy , mam m very big fan of you ,i realy enjoy your recipes.
Dear Manjula,
I am trying the Namak parrey but they are turning out bit hard,any suggestions on where I may be going wrong?
Thanks for the recipes , I am a big fan of yours!
Oneza,
I think dough is too soft.
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Im 24yrs old.n married 3 month back.didnt know cookin.bt ur recipes help ame lot.i tried ur potato panner tops recipe but not able to make it. Dont know whatsoever wrong with it. Please help me 4the same
Hello Manjula,
Thank you again for yet another wonderful recipe, these were so tasty they were hard to stop munching on them! (I tried the using all purpose flour method and it came out great).
I was curious if it would be possable to bake these instead of deep frying them to make them a bit healthier?
hi aunty
can replace whole wheat flour with chapati flour
Hi Seema,
Yes you can.
today i tried namak paare .They Came good.Thank u so muchhhhhhhh:)
hi aunti,
I like your websit very much. I want to know if i can make Namak Paras with only wheat flour and can i bake it instead of frying.
Hello Aunti G…. I tried your recipe of namak para, it turned out very nice… My little daughter liked them a lot. Thanks a lot!!!
Hello Manjula Auntyji,
I enjoy making your recipies u make it so easy. Can we add kasuri methi to namak para and if we add kasuri methi do we have to add ajwain. Kindly pls reply.
I love your website.
Thank you so much for all your recipes.
Regards
Smruti
Hi Smruti,
If you are adding kasturi methi then I will not use ajwain.
Hello Manjula,
Very nice recipes you have put. Could this snack also be made without the wheat flour?
Thanks.
Regards.
Yes, it can be prepared without the wheat flour also.. My mom makes it with maida only..