Name: Savory Maida chips recipe by Tulasi Spandana at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 cup All purpose flour maida; 1 tbsp Hot oil; 1 tsp Chilli Powder; 1/4 tsp Ajwain Seeds / Carom / Oma; a pinch Asafoetida/ hing; Salt to taste; Water as needed; oil for frying

Ingredients Serving: 2

1 cup All purpose flour maida
1 tbsp Hot oil
1 tsp Chilli Powder
1/4 tsp Ajwain Seeds / Carom / Oma
a pinch Asafoetida/ hing
Salt to taste
Water as needed
oil for frying

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, add maida, chilli powder, ajwain, hing, salt and mix well with your fingers.
Add hot oil. Oil should be so hot that you should be able to see bubbles when poured on flour.Mix nicely with the tips of your fingers.
Add water little by little and make a smooth and stiff dough. Cover the bowl and let it rest for 30 mins - 1 hour .
After the resting time is over , knead the dough nicely and divide the dough to equal parts.
Dust and roll out each ball lightly into thin circular chapathi.
Using a knife , cut chapathi to diamond pieces as shown in picture . Separate them little.
Heat oil for deep frying .Check the readiness .Drop a small piece of dough into oil .If it rises immediately , oil temperature is right.
Drop the cut diamonds into oil.Keep the flame on medium low and Fry till they are crisp.Turn in between .
Remove in a tissue paper and store in an air tight box after it cools down completely.

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