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Elo Jhelo Nimki Recipe
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Elo Jhelo Nimki Recipe

A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with -/2 all purpose flour (maida), sunflower oil - to cook, salt - to taste. Ready in 55 min, serves 4.

Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳

Calories
375kcal
Estimated Cost
125-275
Carbs44g
Protein27g
Fats10g
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

12 steps
  1. 1

    We begin making Elo Jhelo Nimki Recipe with taking maida, oil, Kaala jeera, salt and sugar all together in a large mixing bowl and kneading with the help of water to make a smooth dough

    salt - to tastesugar(1/2 teaspoon)
  2. 2

    Allow the dough to rest for half an hour

  3. 3

    Remember that the dough should not be very soft or very tight

  4. 4

    Now make equal size of balls and roll each ball into circle with a diameter of about 5 inch

  5. 5

    Cut the circle into half using a knife

  6. 6

    Leaving one cm from each edge, make parallel slits in one cm gap in both the half circles

  7. 7

    Now hold both the ends and give a twist to those cuts and lock both the edges by pressing with fingers to shape them

  8. 8

    Repeat the above step for the remaining dough

  9. 9

    Meanwhile heat enough cooking oil for deep frying

    sunflower oil - to cook
  10. 10

    Carefully drop each of the nimki and fry elo jhelo in batches till golden and fry them on medium heat to avoid burning

  11. 11

    Store them in airtight container once they cool down to room temperature

  12. 12

    Serve Elo Jhelo Nimki Recipe along with Baked Mathri Recipe (Non Fried Tea Time Snack) and Bengali Special Chocolate Sandesh Recipe for your guests during this festival season or otherwise

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