Maida thattai or nipattu is very easy to make snack recipe served to god on festive days. For gokulastami and for Diwali, this snack is made at home.

Made with maida and pepper flavored, these crackers are crispy and spicy. Diwali 2017 sweet recipes are queued up in YouTube channel, Don’t forget to check it and subscribe.

This snack can also be made with wheat flour, mix of wheat and maida flour. But i would suggest making it with All purpose flour(Maida) as the taste is definitely splendid. Even though Maida is not healthy, Once in a while snack,  that too with freshly ground pepper and goodness of cumin seeds is good too. ! Have it tasty! Never mind about that the flour used. You wont get this crispiness and taste with wheat flour.

Maida thattai video recipe:

Maida thattai- Recipe:

Maida thattai- Pictorial description:

1. In a mixing bowl, add Maida,
2. to this add cumin seeds
3. Freshly grind peppercorns coarsely and add it to the mixing bowl
4. Bring the Butter to room temperature and add a tbsp of it to the mixing bowl.
5. Add salt to taste
6. Crumble them in flour. i.e., mix the butter with flour
7. Add water to make a firm dough
8. take a small portion out of it and make a ball
9. flatten it to a thin big disc and
10. cut small even sized rounds out of it.
11. remove extra dough
12. prick all over the disc with the knife
13. take it and fry it in hot oil in medium flame
14. keep turning sides until both sides are brown
15. strain it in paper towel
16. Once cool, store it in air tight container. Can be used for 1-2 weeks.