Name: Leaf style mathri recipe by G at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 cups All Purpose flour (Maida); 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ajwain; 4 tablespoons oil; 4 pinch of green food color; lukewarm water (use as needed)

Ingredients Serving: 5

2 cups All Purpose flour (Maida)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ajwain
4 tablespoons oil
4 pinch of green food color
lukewarm water (use as needed)

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients except the water. .
Add the water little at a time, kneading into a firm dough
Cover the dough and set aside for 15 minutes or more.
Divide the dough into about 4 equal parts.Take each part of the dough and make a flat ball shape. Roll them into big circles.
Cut out small rectangles shape pieces from it..and mark vertically 6 to 7 cuts into each piece. and follow the pictures given as directions to make leaves...
Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. The frying pan should have atleast 1 1/2 inch of oil.To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.
Fry a few mathris at a time. Make sure to place just enough mathris to cover the frying oil. Fry the mathris until both sides gets crisp

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