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SHARAN/Snacks/Indian Snacks/Namakparre
Namakparre
Photo credit: Asha Sreedharan
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 5 whole dry red chillies
- ½” pc ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1¼ tsp unrefined salt (or as per taste)
- 1½ tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
- 1 tbsp tahini (sesame butter)
Method
Grind ginger, garlic and red chillies with enough water, until smooth. In a mixing bowl, mix flour, salt and carom seeds and add the ground chilli mixture. Add 1 tbsp tahini and mix adding sufficient water to form a stiff dough. Keep aside for at least ½ an hour.
Knead the dough again after it is rested and divide into equal-sized balls. Roll them out thin – like chapattis and cut using a knife/pizza cutter – first into strips and then diagonally, to make diamond-shaped pieces of dough. Preheat the oven at the 200 °C mark for 10 minutes and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Arrange the diamond-cut pieces on the baking tray in a single layer and bake for 7 – 8 minutes, depending on your oven. Store in an airtight container.
