How To Make Masala Khakhra?

Do you love khakhra and want to give khakhra making a try yourself? Do you want to impress your Gujarati friends with the tasty khakhra made by you? It is not just a dish for Gujarati friends; you can take for breakfast. This is also a perfect breakfast for you, if you are a health conscious female and look for a food with low calories.

Check masala khakhra recipe below to prepare delicious khakhra:
 
Ingredients

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp Bengal gram flour (besan)

2 tblsp methi leaves

1/4 tsp red chili powder

1 pinch carom seeds (ajwain)

1 pinch cumin seeds (jeera)

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 tblsp oil

Salt to taste

Water/milk as needed

Method

• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl; add water to knead soft dough

• Keep the dough covered for 15 to let it set properly

• Make around 8 equal sized balls of the dough

• Roll the ball into very thin chapatti. Dust the ball with flour if required

• Take a heavy based griddle and roast the rolled khakhra on it till it gets brown marks

• You can also use oil or ghee. If you are using non-stick pan, you don't need oil.

• Let it cool and store in air-tight container.

The best part about khakhra is its long life. You can use it for many days.

If you find the kneading and rolling task difficult, you can ease your work with chapatti making machines. Fully automatic chapatti making machine can do most of the task for you; kneading the dough, making the rolls and rolling the chapattis. Just find the right machine in the market and get ready to get yummy khakhra at almost half the time, you will spend on making khakhra manually.

Additional Note:

• You can use other flours also like millet, oat etc.

• You can also add a small amount of sugar to make sweet khakhra