Nimki

Instructions

• Take maida into a dish.
• Add salt, cumin seeds and kalonji. Mix well and add ghee.
• Mix ghee well with flour.
• Add a little water at a time and knead dough.
• The consistency of the dough should be stiff and not soft.
• Transfer the dough into a bowl and cover.
• Give it a standing time of 30 minutes.
• In a bowl, take ghee. Add maida and mix well.
• Sata is already, Keep it aside.
• Take the dough and knead it once again.
• Roll the dough like paratha.
• Make it as thick as paratha. Do not roll it too thin.
• Take sata and spread it all over the paratha evenly.
• Roll the paratha as tight as possible. Make the roll nice and even.
• Cut the paratha into equal size portions with the help of knife.
• Take these into a bowl and keep covered.
• Take one dough ball.
• Press it a little and start to roll out.
• Roll it into a 5-6” round puri.
• Prick it with fork at places as we don’t want this puri to puff up.
• Fold it into half and again fold into quarter.
• Give it a triangular shape. Pinch the edges.
• Do not press all of it. Keep separate layers.
• Prick again from both sides at the interval.
• You can make 12 nimki of regular size.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Drop the niki into hot oil and fry on medium to high heat.
• So that these nimki will be nicely fried inside out.
• After about 3-4 minutes, flip nimki over.
• Fry from other side for about 3-4 minutes.
• After it gets nice deep golden color from both sides, take the nimki out.
• Drain excess oil and transfer nimki into a dish.
• Nimki is already to serve with tea.