Sesame or Til has to be one of my favourite dry condiment to cook with. A sprinkling of sesame seeds here, a chunk of Sesame Halawa there, a spoonful of Tahini paste in this.... and so the list goes on. Sesame just gives every recipe a nutty rich edge. Whether its in a small portion, sprinkled over a noodle dish or toasty seeds encased in a rich crunchy hardened sugar base as chikki , its taste stands out. So here is a yummy dry snack , which is extremely versatile . You can use it as a teatime snack, a canape, as sticks to serve with dips or as a base to make Indian chat. Its yummy in every form.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour / maida
2 tblsp toasted sesame seeds/ til
2tblsp ghee or vanaaspati/ veg shortening
1 tsp salt or to taste
few black peppercorns roasted and crushed.
water for binding into dough
Oil for frying
Mix together flour, sesame, salt, pepper. Add in the ghee/ vanaspati and mix well. Bind the mixture into a hard dough by adding a little water at a time. Once the dough forms a ball, cover with a damp kitchen cloth and leave aside for half an hour.
To make round mathris the traditional way:
break the dough into small size of olives. Roll out into thick discs. Using a fork , stab both the surfaces of the disc. Prepare all the discs likewise. Heat oil , lower flame and slowly drop in the discs. Fry on a low flame till they turn pinkish brown. They will continue to get darker even after you drain them out of the oil so make sure they are still just pinkish when you remove them from the oil.
Shortcut method
Divide the dough into 2 parts . Roll out each part to the thickness of a tortilla. Stab the surface with a fork to make pock marks all over. Turn the flattenned dough and repeat. Using a small cookie cutter , cut the dough and fry the shapes till pinkish brown.
You can cut this rolled out dough into strips or discs. These can be used as chat base or canapes, or with a dip.
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