CURRY PATA O KALOJEEREY FLAVOURED NIMKI

I enjoy homemade nimki / deep fried salted snack more than store bought ones. In Bengali type of Nimki variety, we use minimal spice, if I am a recipe blogger I would include variety of this particular snack in blog. Plans of mixing, matching flavours is on mind. Things get easier at home if there are containers full of munchies for family, problem is I can't keep my tongue under control, this sensory organ is most active part of my body. I never get bored of eating, my waistline never gets into shape, it did for two years when I used to go for work, ran, survived mostly on salads. Later I felt its not sustainable lifelong, I can't die without tasting life, it can't be boring affair for me. 

Equally there is fear factor, I love South East Asian set rice meals, cannot have them full out of fear of having excess carb. I wasted my food yesterday from that fear in all probability thinking Yong Tao Foo would have been better bet, may be fish soup. Actually, amount of low impact cardio walking, swimming I do gets fruitless if I have carb filled meals during lunch hours. I dislike eggs, starting your mornings with eggs, fruits and greens helps otherwise. I had half boiled eggs two times in a 4-5 days of span, voila I could digest but the heavy feeling I do not like. 

I have to do away with biscuit, cake thing on regular basis in morning. I am loving my fruit platters with marination of red chilli powder, black salt, reason of not starting my day with fruit bowl may be totally mental, I have to overcome it. I love "khoi / chirey / muri with doi, chilled milk" but their mother is rice.... whats the point? 

What would be my lunch today? I think my hair needs colour, so instead of going out for walk or going down for swim I would ask Cristine to colour. Thereafter, I may try an instant Rawa Dosa on newly bought big pan meant to be field practise tool for me to learn thinner crepes with different batters, preferably sugar free. Look what senior was enjoying with vegetarian, curry leaf, nigella seeds flavoured snack CURRY PATA O KALOJEEREY FLAVOURED NIMKI.

The "dil is not khush khush" since this morning. Have you ever thought of that academician woman with origin in Kolkata who may not be able or willing to handle "public attention" at this moment. It is difficult to accept, to come to terms with truths, not being part of something anymore which happened to be your's once. We need be wise enough to respect feelings, stop bothering people in public forums. However, I have always believed great personas have broader mindsets, they have ability to turn negativity, pain to fruitful endeavours. 

Take example of Aisha Chaudhary, she lived 18 fruitful years which seems less but oh! what an accomplished one.... Painting, Ted Talks, Book to her credit. It was heart warming, heart wrenching at same time to watch the movie! However, we learnt an important lesson from it that its not about how many years we have spent on this earth but how we have spent it. 

No, its not easy to think like above when it concerns your own but you have no other way but to think exactly this  in such a situation when you know you are going to lose someone dear soon. Aisha, I definitely know would have enjoyed this vegetarian snack CURRY PATA O KALOJEEREY FLAVOURED NIMKI, that she wasn't allowed to for medical reasons is different issue. The senior at this home is more upset back from movie theatre. At times, it feels he isn't that much hardcore as he considers himself to be.

Anyway, I have used half n half multigrain atta / flour, refined flour, ghee toasted, crushed curry leaves, kalonji, salt, oil for this awesome homemade fried snack.

INGREDIENTS :

MULTIGRAIN ATTA FLOUR : 1COFFEE MUG

REFINED FLOUR : 1COFFEE MUG

NIGELLA SEED : 1TBSP

CURRY LEAF : A FISTFUL

SALT : AS REQUIRED

GHEE : 2TBSP+3TBSP

OIL : 100GM

PROCEDURE :

Take two varieties of flour, salt required in bowl, mix. 

Warm 1tbsp of ghee, toast curry leaves. They would turn crisp.

Pour ghee, curry leaves mixture to flour mix, wait to cool it down. Add 2 tbsp of ghee too. 

Once cool, crush curry leaves with your palm.

Now keep rubbing entire mixture for 2-3 minutes until texture looks like this, it will loosely bind in your fist.

Add nigella seeds now, fold in.

Add warm water, knead to get smooth but firm dough. This may take some 10-12 minutes.

Cover dough for 1/2 an hour. Remove cover, knead again for 2-3 minutes. 

Tear off portions, smoothen between palms.

Dust rolling base with flour, coat each ball with flour, roll out roundels.

I used cookie cutters to cut them. With fork, prick on each piece.

Warm oil, drop some uncooked nimkis / snacks when oil is warm, not hot.

We will keep stirring at minimal to low heat for quite sometime until they turn golden brown. Switch off gas stove if oil gets too hot, switch on again.

We would place snacks onto tissue paper before serving.

We would want to have them warm, fresh which isn't possible. 

Store in dry, clean airtight containers if doing in bulk. It stays good for a week or more without refrigeration.