Maharashtrian Style Namkeen Shankarpali (Savory Flaky Pastry Diamonds Recipe)
A vegetarian Maharashtrian Recipes recipe with whole wheat flour, sooji (semolina/ rava), cumin seeds (jeera). Ready in 55 min, serves 4.
Curated bySachin Deshmukh🇮🇳
Instructions
12 steps- 1
To begin making the Namkeen Shankarpali, mix the flour, semolina, red chilli powder, salt, cumin seeds in a bowl
whole wheat flour(2 cups)cumin seeds (jeera)(2 teaspoon)red chilli powder(2 tablespoon)salt(1 teaspoon) - 2
Heat the ghee till it is light hot and pour it into the flour mixture
whole wheat flour(2 cups)ghee(4 tablespoon) - 3
Carefully mix to form a crumbly texture
- 4
Make sure you do not burn hand
- 5
Add little water and knead it into a soft dough, rest the dough covered in a warm place for at least 30 minutes
- 6
We will start rolling the dough on a flat surface, sprinkle little flour if you feel the dough is very sticky
whole wheat flour(2 cups) - 7
Roll it to about 2 centimeter thick
- 8
Using a knife cut the dough into small diamond shapes or any desired shape and arrange them on a tray to fry
- 9
Heat a kadai with oil to deep fry the Shankarpalis
- 10
Once the oil is hot carefully drop them and fry till they become light brown
- 11
Using a skimmer take the shakarpalis out and place it on the tissue paper in order to drain out the oil
- 12
Serve the Namkeen Shankarpali along with hot Masala Chai or South Indian Filter Coffee to make your evening special
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Maharashtrian Style Namkeen Shankarpali (Savory Flaky Pastry Diamonds Recipe)
A vegetarian Maharashtrian Recipes recipe with whole wheat flour, sooji (semolina/ rava), cumin seeds (jeera). Ready in 55 min, serves 4.
Curated bySachin Deshmukh🇮🇳
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Directions
12 steps- 1
To begin making the Namkeen Shankarpali, mix the flour, semolina, red chilli powder, salt, cumin seeds in a bowl
whole wheat flour(2 cups)cumin seeds (jeera)(2 teaspoon)red chilli powder(2 tablespoon)salt(1 teaspoon) - 2
Heat the ghee till it is light hot and pour it into the flour mixture
whole wheat flour(2 cups)ghee(4 tablespoon) - 3
Carefully mix to form a crumbly texture
- 4
Make sure you do not burn hand
- 5
Add little water and knead it into a soft dough, rest the dough covered in a warm place for at least 30 minutes
- 6
We will start rolling the dough on a flat surface, sprinkle little flour if you feel the dough is very sticky
whole wheat flour(2 cups) - 7
Roll it to about 2 centimeter thick
- 8
Using a knife cut the dough into small diamond shapes or any desired shape and arrange them on a tray to fry
- 9
Heat a kadai with oil to deep fry the Shankarpalis
- 10
Once the oil is hot carefully drop them and fry till they become light brown
- 11
Using a skimmer take the shakarpalis out and place it on the tissue paper in order to drain out the oil
- 12
Serve the Namkeen Shankarpali along with hot Masala Chai or South Indian Filter Coffee to make your evening special
Rate this recipe
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