Bajra Crackers

Ingredients 

• 1½ cups pearl millet (bajra) flour
• ¼ teaspoon crushed black peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons sesame seed black and white
• ½ teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves chopped
• Salt to taste
• ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
• 2 tablespoons oil

Method

1. Take pearl millet flour in a large bowl, add crushed black peppercorns, white and black sesame seeds, carom seeds, chopped coriander, salt and Tata Sampann Chilli Powder.
2. Heat 2 tbsps oil in a pan pour the hot oil into the pearl millet flour mixture and mix well. Add ¾ cup water and knead to a soft dough.
3. Add remaining oil and knead well. Cover with a damp muslin cloth and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
5. Divide the dough into two portions, and shape each into a ball.
6. To make the crackers, take a parchment sheet place a dough ball on it cover it with another sheet of parchment and roll the dough into a semi-thick sheet. Cut out roundels using a cookie cutter and place them on a baking tray.
7. Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and bake for 8-10 minutes, remove the baking tray from the oven flip each cracker and put the baking tray back in the oven and bake for 6-8 minutes more.
8. Take the baking tray out of the oven and allow the crackers to cool to room temperature, transfer the crackers into an air-tight container or serve as required.