Punjabi Meethi Mathri / how to make Punjabi sweet mathri /
wheat flour mathri / step by step images / recipe video
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| Punjabi Meethi Mathri |
Punjabi sweet mathri is a very traditional and healthy
recipe of North India . I wasn’t aware of these
mathris till my hubby highlighted them. Actually he has taught me how to make
it and its really very easy and less time consuming.
It is made using wheat flour and jaggery. Also some fennel
seeds are used to enhance the flavor. I have used fennel seeds powder you can
also add fennel seeds as whole.
These mathris are a bit hard not soft as the namkeen
mathris, which I have already posted. In these meethi mathris you need to add
just 2 tbsps of ghee per cup of flour. If you add more of ghee these meethi
mathris would turn soft. So I would suggest you to stick to the quantities
mentioned. You can definitely double the recipe.
Since these Punjabi meethi mathris are made of wheat flour
and jaggery they are brown in color.
Prior to this recipe I have shared many recipes of sweets
like maida burfi, instant milk powder burfi, punjabi shakar pare, instant kalakand (10 minutes), milk peda, atta ladoo, besan ladoo, traditional modak, jaggery halwa, Marie Biscuit Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Custard Jelly, Mixed Fruit Falooda Ice cream
Lets start with the recipe
Lets start with the recipe
Ingredients: ( Makes 15 Punjabi Meethi Mathris)
1 cup Wheat flour
½ cup Jaggery powder
¼ cup Water
1 tsp Fennel Seeds powder
2 tbsp Ghee
Oil for frying
Method:
Take a pan.
Take a pan.
In a pan take ½ cup jaggery and ¼ cup water.
Stir on medium heat till the jaggery dissolves completely.
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| take jaggery and water in a pan |
Stir on medium heat till the jaggery dissolves completely.
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| jaggery dissolves |
Strain it and keep aside.
In a bowl take 1 cup wheat flour, 1 tsp fennel seeds powder,
2 tbsp ghee and mix well.
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| take the other ingredients in bowl |
Then form a well in the centre of the mixture.
Add the strained jaggery solution in parts.
Knead it to form a stiff dough.
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| make a well |
Add the strained jaggery solution in parts.
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| add jaggery syrup in parts |
Knead it to form a stiff dough.
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| stiff dough |
Now take half the portion of the dough, flatten it and roll
into a thick big circle.
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| take half the dough |
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| flatten |
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| roll into a thick circle |
Take a round cutter or a glass place it on the rolled out
dough and press.
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| cut circles with glass |
Cut the circles as many can fit in the rolled out dough.
Now lift over and remove the leftover dough and use it for
the next batch.
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| remove the leftover dough |
Prick holes with the help of a fork. This is done as we want
the meethi mathris to be flat and not like puris.
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| prick holes with fork |
Likewise cut and prick mathris of the whole dough. The thickness should be as shown in the image below.
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| desired thickness |
Now heat oil in a pan.
And slide these mathris into hot oil and then reduce the
heat to medium. The oil should not be so hot that the mathris would burn. Also
do not overcrowd the mathris in the pan.
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| slide mathris in hot oil |
Flip and fry till they turn nice golden brown and crisp.
Drain on kitchen tissue to remove the excess oil.
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| golden and crisp |
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| drain on kitchen tissue |
Punjabi Meethi Mathris are ready to serve.
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| Punjabi Meethi Mathri |
Tips:
Recipe can be doubled.
Fry on medium heat.
Fennel seeds can be used instead of its powder.
Do try this food-a-licious Punjabi Meethi Mathri for your
family and friends and let us know your experience via comments.
