A meeting between India and the US, Sonia Mangla creates a new take on the classic Indian summer snack Katri Matri.
By Sonia Mangla
“Katri-Matri” as we know it is a all time favorite summer snack food in India, the closest version I have seen in the US is Animal Crackers. I thought It’ll be good fun to mix these two things up & create something thats unique yet tasty. Believe me these cute little snacks make your perfect date with family. I have adapted my mom’s recipe for preparing the dough base. Believe me these crackers were a huge hit at my place and by end of day we were left with no crackers to save. So go ahead and give your family a treat of Indian style animal crackers or “Katri-Matri“. Unleash your creativity on the dough and cut it out in any desired shape and present it the way YOU like.
Katri/Matri – Animal Crackers Indian style
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2-3
Ingredients
- All purpose flour: 1 cup
- Semolina: 1/4 cup
- Butter: 1/2 stick or Canola Oil: 1/4 cup
- Carrom seeds: 1 tsp
- Fenugreek flakes or Parsley flakes: 1 tsp
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Black Peppers: few
- Cocoa powder: 1 tsp, optional
- Warm Water for kneading the dough
Instructions
- Sieve all purpose flour and semolina in a bowl.
- Add salt, carrom seeds, fenugreek flakes and butter to make a soft dough while adding little warm water.
- Cover the dough with a cheesecloth and rest for two hours.
- Knead the dough again and roll it as flat as possible with a rolling pin.
- Cut it into desired shapes with animal cutters.
- Add black peppers for making the eyes.
- Shallow fry the crackers till light golden brown.
- Take out and allow to cool.
- Let the crackers cool down and store in an air tight container.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
Hope you you give this recipe a try & enjoy these crackers.
Let me know how you like these ..!!! 
they look so cute and delicious
These animal crackers look amazing. And better than the US mass produced version!