Maida Chips

We use Maida flour also known as 'All-purpose-flour', in most of baking and other cooking recipes. It is also called as plain flour in the UK.

Maida flour is nothing but nicely ground wheat flour. Here is a simple and crispy dish prepared using this plain flour.

Ingredients:
Maida flour - 2 Cups
Red Chilli Powder - 2 Tsp (or less based on your taste)
Hing powder - A pinch
Oil - As required
Butter - 2 Tsp
Curry leaves - Few
Salt - As Required

Method:

1. Grind curry leaves or chop nicely.
2. Mix Maida flour, chilly powder, hing powder, ground curry leaves, salt and butter.
3. Gradually add water to the mixture and make it as a soft dough (as chapathi dough)
4. Make small balls and flatten it like chapathi.
5. Draw lines parallely and diagonally with a knife forming diamond shapes.
6. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the diamonds
7. Spread it in a paper towel to remove excess oil.
8. Allow it to cool and store it in an air-tight container.
9. Puffy and Crispy chips ready.

Nutritional Fact:

• Plain flour - Rich in protein (10-12%)