{"id":471,"date":"2017-12-20T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/?p=471"},"modified":"2018-05-06T16:03:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T16:03:59","slug":"mathri-flaky-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/mathri-flaky-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathri (Flaky biscuits)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a ubiquitous North Indian savory item that I was exposed to after my marriage and my mother in law packed some for us very lovingly. They are prepared during festivals and also carried during journeys as they stay fresh for many days. It can be a substitute for breakfast when taken with pickle. They are great accompaniments for tea\/coffee too.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?resize=474%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?w=4128&amp;ssl=1 4128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_192753.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>2 cups refined flour (or 1 cup wheat flour and 1 cup refined flour) (for 40 small, 3 cm diameter mathris)<br \/>\n\u00be cup ghee or oil<br \/>\n1 \u00bd tsp ajwain (carom seeds)<br \/>\n\u00be cup water<br \/>\nOil for frying<\/p>\n<h2>Instructions:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Add salt and ghee to the refined flour and mix them together till they resemble bread crumbs.<\/li>\n<li>Add the water slowly and knead into soft dough. Cover and keep aside for ten minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_190935.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_190935.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_190935.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_190935.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_190935.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat the oil in a thick bottomed pan.<\/li>\n<li>Divide the dough into two portions. Spread the dough into round, with a thickness slightly less than \u00bd centimetre. Poke the whole surface with a fork. Cut into small rounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_191445.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_191445.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_191445.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_191445.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/20171219_191445.jpg?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When oil starts smoking, reduce the flame to medium and slip the rounds into the oil. Turn them over when they brown, drain when the other side also browns.<\/li>\n<li>Cool and store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a ubiquitous North Indian savory item that I was exposed to after my marriage and my mother in law packed some for us very lovingly. They are prepared during festivals and also carried during journeys as they stay fresh for many days. It can be a substitute for breakfast when taken with pickle. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/mathri-flaky-biscuits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mathri (Flaky biscuits)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts","category-breakfast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Tz6f-7B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}