Namak Paray.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

I recollect making namak paray inwards main school.

Our schoolhouse was predominantly Asian together with and hence when nosotros did a lilliputian cooking hither together with there, Asian snack nutrient was close e'er on the menu.
Namak paray are salty, crispy pieces of pastry flavoured with cumin seeds together with ajwain seeds. Delicious with drinks, nosotros similar to brand a large batch together with hold inwards an airtight box until needed. 

The namak paray kickoff out every bit a dough. Essentially, it's the same dough that is used to brand traditional Pakistani samosas. I know unopen to people whose favourite operate of a samosa is the flaky pastry. If you're similar that, you'll dearest these namak paray.

Finally, namak paray are a quick snack to make. Mix upwardly the dough, curlicue it out, cutting into shapes, together with fry. Done! I'm certain they would endure bully served with your favourite chutney or relish exactly nosotros induce got e'er eaten them every bit they are with drinks or tea. To larn with, sometimes nosotros similar to purchase a box of hot jalebis. The salty namak paray are complimented actually good with the sweetness jalebis.

Vegetarian Snacks, previously: tomato bruschetta // bengali lentil pakoras // fresh methi pakoras with dark-green chutney // cauliflower pakoras with moong daal batter

 A Simple List of Ingredients:

1. Plain Flour

2. Salt

3. Ajwain Seeds

4. Cumin Seeds

5. Vegetable Oil

6. Water

Bismillah, let's begin!

Start past times criterion out 500g Plain Flour inwards a large mixing bowl. I used my stand upwardly mixer with the dough claw attachment.

Add inwards 1 together with 1/2 teaspoons Salt.

To flavor the namak paray, I used ajwain seeds. You tin purchase these inwards Asian stores.

Add 1 teaspoon Ajwain Seeds to the flour.

The other flavor inwards these crispy snacks is that of cumin seeds.

Drop inwards 2 teaspoons Cumin Seeds.

We induce got our flour, salt, together with seeds. Let's mix!

Mix until good combined.

Then, pace dorsum together with induce got a instant to admire the snowfall outside.

Let's complete the dough past times pouring inwards 60ml Vegetable Oil. The fossil oil volition give the namak paray their signature flaky texture - close similar pastry.

Mix inwards the fossil oil until it is good distributed inwards the flour.

Finish past times pouring inwards plenty Water together with kneading until y'all induce got ...

... a soft exactly non mucilaginous dough.

Divide the dough into two. This volition brand rolling out easier. Plus larn a deep pan onto a medium rut together with create total with Vegetable Oil to deep-fry.

Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is roughly 1/8 inch thick.

Cut the dough into your preferred shapes.

By this point, the fossil oil should endure hot together with hence assemble a handful of dough pieces together with let's fry!

Carefully driblet the dough pieces into the hot oil. You volition involve to guess how many to add together inwards at once. Remember, y'all don't desire to overcrowd the pan every bit this volition elbow grease the fossil oil temperature to driblet together with the namak paray volition plow out greasy together with non crisp.

Fry the namak paray until they are golden dark-brown together with crisp - around v minutes per batch.

Remove with a slotted spoon together with house over newspaper towels to drain. They volition move on to crisp upwardly every bit they cool.

Continue rolling, cutting together with frying the rest. This volition induce got around thirty minutes exactly 1 time y'all brand it the rhythm, the fourth dimension volition wing by.

Namak paray are best eaten 1 time they've cooled together with crisped upwardly fifty-fifty more. They are a real filling snack with drinks. Sometimes nosotros consume them amongst sweet jalebis - a bully contrast to the salty namak paray.

Namak paray hold actually good inwards an airtight container for a few days. Great to whip out when y'all induce got guests over. Buy a box of Pakistani tea, together with savor with the salty namak paray.

Namak Paray.

crispy, lightly-spiced snacks - delicious with drinks!

Prep Time: About thirty minutes.

Cook Time: About fifteen minutes.

Serves: About 12 people.

Ingredients

500g Plain Flour

1 together with 1/2 teaspoons Salt

1 teaspoon Ajwain Seeds

2 teaspoons Cumin Seeds

60ml Vegetable Oil

Water, every bit needed
Vegetable Oil, to deep-fry

Make the dough:
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt, ajwain, cumin seeds, together with fossil oil until good combined. Pour inwards plenty H2O together with knead until y'all induce got a soft exactly non mucilaginous dough.

Roll together with cutting the dough:
Divide the dough inwards half. Roll until sparse together with cutting into pocket-size strips. Repeat with the other one-half of the dough.

Fry:
Heat plenty vegetable fossil oil inwards a deep pan to deep-fry over medium heat. Fry the dough pieces inwards batches until they're golden brown. Drain on newspaper towels together with move on frying the rest.

Serve together with store:
Serve with drinks. The namak paray with hold good inwards an airtight container for a few days.

Keep me inwards your duas please, together with savor your namak paray!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!