Baked Nippattu / Savory Onion Crackers - Recipe of the week - 14th December

 Baked Nippattu / Savory Onion Crackers by Supriya from RedChillies

 

 

 

Ingredients  

• 2 cups of maida (All purpose flour) 
• 1/4 cup water (warm) 
• 4 tsp sesame seeds 
• 1/3 cup oil 
• 4 Tbsp butter (melted) 
• 1 big onion(finely chopped) 
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 3 green chillies (finely chopped) 
• Handful of chopped coriander leaves 
• 2 tsp Sugar 
• 1 tsp Salt

Method

Take a big plate and put in maida, sesame seeds, onions, salt, sugar, soda, chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and mix well. Add the oil and spread it to the mix. Do the same thing with melted butter also, big and uneven lumps will form but that is ok.


Now add the warm water and make thick dough. At this point if you feel there is too much onion, do not worry, the more the better taste. Knead well for about 2-3 minutes and cover this with a damp cloth. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

Pre-heat the oven to 325 F.

Now from the dough that is already prepared, we need to roll out flat discs. Rolling out like chapathi/roti did not work out for me.

So instead I took small balls on dough and placed it in between 2 greased plastic sheets. Apply pressure and make it into flat disc. Remove the top cover and with the tip of your hands flatten the dough and make it as flat as possible.

Take a round cookie cutter or any small round lid and cut out small rounds. Repeat this process for the remaining dough as well.

Place the round cut outs on a greased cookie sheet. Make sure to poke holes on all of them with a fork, this way the cracker will not puff and also the air will go out while baking.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until they are brown.
 
Check out more recipes by Supriya on her blog RedChillies