Home made animal crackers are always a delight to nibble at summer picnics. These cute little snacks make your perfect date with family. This is my tried and tested family recipe and made in our home from ages, I just adapted my mom's recipe and made it with her help. The crackers were a huge hit at my place and by end of day we were left with no crackers to save. So go ahead and give your family a treat of Indian style animal crackers or "Katri-Matri" as we know it. Unleash your creativity on the dough and cut it out in any desired shape and present it the way YOU like. I tried to do a jungle theme so chose green flowery background to line up my Little Animals... !
Ingredients:
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Semolina: 1/4 cup
Butter: 1/2 stick or Canola Oil: 1/4 cup
Carrom seeds
: 1 tsp
Fenugreek flakes or Parsley flakes: 1 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Black Peppers: few
Cocoa powder: 1 tsp, optional
Warm Water for kneading the dough
Method:
Sieve all purpose flour and semolina in a bowl.
Add salt, carrom seeds, fenugreek flakes and butter to make a soft dough while adding little warm water.
Cover the dough with a cheesecloth and rest for two hours.
Knead the dough again and roll it as flat as possible with a rolling pin.
Cut it into desired shapes with animal cutters.
Add black peppers for making the eyes.
Shallow fry the crackers till light golden brown.
Take out and allow to cool.
Let the crackers cool down and store in an air tight container.
Hope you guys enjoy these crackers.
Do share with me, your innovative ideas on making crackers... !
Ingredients:
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Semolina: 1/4 cup
Butter: 1/2 stick or Canola Oil: 1/4 cup
Carrom seeds
: 1 tspFenugreek flakes or Parsley flakes: 1 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Black Peppers: few
Cocoa powder: 1 tsp, optional
Warm Water for kneading the dough
Method:
Sieve all purpose flour and semolina in a bowl.
Add salt, carrom seeds, fenugreek flakes and butter to make a soft dough while adding little warm water.
Cover the dough with a cheesecloth and rest for two hours.
Knead the dough again and roll it as flat as possible with a rolling pin.
Cut it into desired shapes with animal cutters.
Add black peppers for making the eyes.
Shallow fry the crackers till light golden brown.
Take out and allow to cool.
Let the crackers cool down and store in an air tight container.
Hope you guys enjoy these crackers.
Do share with me, your innovative ideas on making crackers... !
Those crackers looks soo cute and highly addictive..
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Very cute looking crackers..these are a kiddies delight. Liked your idea of jungle based background too.
ReplyDeleteSo cute :) It must be a sure hit with all the kids and grownups..I love this idea:)
ReplyDeleteReva
Lovely crackers with indian spices.
ReplyDeleteReally cool with the parsley flakes in them! Look yummy! And the wee shapes really make me smile
ReplyDeleteI like matri a lot with some aachar. Now I have a recipe to refer to :) Btw the cocoa powder .. where did you use it ?
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loved d way u hv presented them..:)looks sooper
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super duper delicious..
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