Salt Biscuits Recipe Homemade | How to Make Salt Biscuits recipe
Salt Biscuits is one of the famous south Indian snacks. They are best tasted with hot tea. Sweet and salt biscuits are almost available in every Irani tea stall. They are best suited for small children as well as old age people.
I wonder many people instead of having nutritious low-calorie food during the morning as a breakfast have two biscuits and a cup of tea or milk. Especially in Hyderabad, salt biscuits are common among below poverty line and Karachi biscuits among the middle and upper class.
Salt biscuits are usually prepared using maida or all-purpose flour and thymol as main ingredients to make it crisp and mouth melting. To get the soft and puffy output, we need to add ghee and mix vigorously.
We either use butter or ghee to knead the dough, we can even use vanaspati or normal oil but it tastes slightly different flavour. When it comes to the bakery version they use soda or sometimes yeast and bake it.
In another variation, I have seen people adding jeera even that is good for health, whereas we have added thymol seeds to keep your stomach in good condition and improve digestion.
TIPS to make perfect Salt Biscuits:
- Although the name states its salt biscuits, we add less than a tablespoon or else they taste salty.
- Crush thymol seeds in your hand if you feel they are big.
- While cutting chapatti into shape, if you do not have any mould we can directly slice chapatti using a knife into square or diamond shape.
- If you do not pierce chapatti they bulge like a puri also it helps in cooking biscuits.
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Ingredients
- Maida/ all-purpose flour – 1 bowl 250 gms.
- Ghee – 1 tbsp.
- Thymol seeds/ vaamu – ½ tbsp.
- Salt – ½ tbsp.
- Water – required to knead
Instructions
- Salt biscuits can be made in different formats one is by baking process and other is by deep-frying.
- To knead dough we make use of ghee so melt ghee in a vessel and keep aside.
- Add all-purpose flour, salt, thymol seeds (vaamu) and ghee in a mixing bowl.
- Mix well and knead to get pliable dough by adding small batches of water.
- Divide dough into portions and roll to medium size balls and keep aside.
- Like a chapatti, sprinkle little flour and press ball and roll to make chapatti shape.
- Pierce chapatti with a fork so that while deep frying it cooks well and do not swell like a puri.
- Using a knife slice to a square, rectangle or if you have mould then cut chapatti to round or star shapes.
- Similarly cut and make the remaining dough. Keep aside and heat oil in a pan.
- Put sliced biscuits in oil and deep fry them on low flame till they turn a golden brown colour.
- Remove from oil and strain excess oil through a colander and transfer them to another bowl.
- Store Salt biscuits in an air-tight container once cooled.
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How to make Salt Biscuits Recipe:
1. Heat ghee in a vessel and melt to mildly hot. Keep aside.
2. In a mixing bowl add maida, thymol seeds, salt and melted ghee.
3. Mix all ingredients and add water in small batches. Knead to get a soft pliable dough.
4. Divide dough into small portions and make large balls and keep aside.
5. Sprinkle little flour on roti maker and put maida ball and roll to make chapatti shape.
6. Using a fork pierce chapatti and with the help of mould cut into your liked shaped. I have used a round shape.
7. Transfer sliced salt biscuits into another plate and similarly roll remaining dough.
8. Heat oil in a pan and put one by one. After a minute flip to other side and fry evenly.
9. Deep fry Salt biscuits on low to medium flame till they turn a golden brown colour.
10. Once they are cooked remove from oil and strain excess oil using a colander.
11. Put salt biscuits recipe in a plate and store them in an airtight container when cooled.
