easy tortilla chips recipe | nachos chips recipe | mexican chips recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 1 box
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: international
Ingredients
- 1 cup maize flour / makkai ka atta)
- ½ cup wheat flour / atta
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp pepper (crushed)
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp oil
- water to knead
- oil for frying
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1 cup maize flour and ½ cup wheat flour.
- also add ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp pepper, ½ tsp salt and 2 tsp oil.
- mix well making sure all the spices are combined well.
- now add ½ cup water and start to knead the dough.
- knead to stiff and smooth dough adding water as required.
- pinch a ball sized dough, and dust with wheat flour.
- roll slightly thick, dusting wheat flour as required.
- prick the roll with a fork, preventing from puffing up while frying.
- trim the sides and cut into triangle pieces.
- now drop the triangle chips into the medium hot oil. or bake in preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for 25 minutes.
- fry on low to medium flame stirring in between.
- fry on low flame until the nachos chips turn crisp and golden brown for 10 minutes.
- drain off the chips over kitchen paper.
- finally, enjoy nachos chips with roasted tomato salsa or store it for a month in an airtight container.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.