Mumbai

Khari

Name: Khari
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian bakery
Ingredients: 400 g sheet thawed puff pastry; 1 tbsp for dusting maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 tsp sugar; 1 tbsp for brushing milk

A hundred flaky layers, lightly salted, made for chai. Shatters everywhere. Worth it.

35 minTime

5 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayLaminated pastry, salted, baked crisp. Bakery style.

The original

387kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

35minutessame

Classic Mumbai khari.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Puff pastry400 g sheet, thawed

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 tbsp, for dusting

Salt½ tsp

Cumin seeds1 tsp

Sugar2 tsp

Milk1 tbsp, for brushing

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 200 C. Dust the counter lightly and roll the pastry to an even 1/4 inch sheet.
2Brush lightly with milk and sprinkle salt, cumin and sugar. Press in with the rolling pin.
3Cut into 1 by 3 inch strips and lay on a lined tray with gaps.
4Chill 10 minutes, then bake 12 to 15 minutes.
5Lower to 150 C and bake 10 minutes more to dry out.

Serve it like this

Stack in a basket or steel plate and serve with hot chai for dunking, a few strips per person.

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Khari

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