Spinach Triangles Cheese Crackers
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- ½ cup semolina (fine sooji)
- ½ tbsp salt
- ¼ tbsp baking soda
- 3 tbsp butter
- ½ tbsp cumin seeds
- ½ tbsp chili flakes
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- ¾ cup spinach puree
- Oil to fry
Instructions
- Mix all purpose flour, semolina, salt, chili flakes, cumin seeds, and baking soda in a bowl together.
- Add the butter and parmesan cheese, mix well it will be consistency of bread crumb.
- Add the spinach puree and make firm dough.
- Set the dough aside and cover it with a damp cloth. Let the dough rest for at least ten minutes.
- Divide the dough in 16 equal parts and make them into balls.
- Roll the dough about into a 5-inch circle.
- Slice the each roll dough in 4 pieces in triangle shape.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
- The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.
- Make sure to place just enough chips so you can turn them over easily when frying. Fry the chips until both sides are light golden in color.
- After chips come to room temperature they should become crisp.
Notes
Tips
- Spinach chips can be stored for weeks in airtight containers.
- If the chips are cooked on high heat, they will be soft.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Sasha
March 21, 2017 at 9:13 amParmesan cheese is not vegetarian. Any alternatives that we can use?
Maybe sharp cheddar cheese?
Thanks.
Manjula Jain
March 21, 2017 at 8:50 pmSasha, sharp cheddar will work,
Didina
April 28, 2017 at 4:27 pmThere are parmesan-style cheeses that don’t use rennet. They just aren’t certified as parmesan but they work in its place.
Saloni Vora
June 24, 2016 at 6:20 amHi Aunty:
Your recipes have great variety and are a helpful resource. Can these spinach triangles be baked?
Thanks,
Saloni
reeti
April 28, 2015 at 8:44 amNamaste aunty,
Please advise if these can b baked instead of fried?
Manjula Jain
April 28, 2015 at 12:50 pmreeti, have to fry them
Su
November 3, 2012 at 6:03 pmHi Aunty
I follow all ur cooking videos. All are really great.
Will u pls suggest can I bake instead of deep frying.
Thanks
Su
Lakshmi
January 23, 2012 at 11:21 amHi aunty i’m a big fan of your reciepes
can i bake them instead of frying?? Can u suggest the temp and time for baking.
Thanks
Naomi
January 9, 2012 at 10:05 amIs the pureed spinach raw or cooked spinach?
RASHI
August 17, 2011 at 1:25 amHI,
I WANT TO ASK IF I DONT USE CHEESE IT WILL BECOME GOOD OR NOT. AND PLZ TELL ME ALSO WHICH CHEESE IS CALLED PARMESAN CHEESE..
PLZ REPLY
THANXS
Manjula Jain
August 17, 2011 at 8:21 amRashi,
This recipe will be good without cheese.
parshottam mathur
June 24, 2011 at 1:08 pmWE tried this crispy snack.very good
Anjalika Nigam
December 21, 2010 at 9:45 amHi Aunty –
Can I bake these chips instead of frying? If so, at what temperature would you suggest?
Thanks,
Anjalika.
Christina
September 28, 2017 at 7:10 amHi Aunty,
Thanks so much for this easy and yummy recipe . I tried making it with whole wheat flour instead and baked it at 320 degree Fahrenheit for 20 mins. It came out nice and crispy. My little one enjoyed it .
Manjula Jain
September 28, 2017 at 10:48 amChristina, sounds good, I will try
Kiran
November 9, 2010 at 11:49 amHi Aunty,
Can I use cheddar cheese in place of parmesan?
Regards,
Kiran
Manjula Jain
November 9, 2010 at 3:10 pmKiran,
Cheddar cheese melt that’s the reason I use parmesan.
Kiran
November 11, 2010 at 7:37 amThanks Aunty
I was planning to make some for my kid. Well i guess then i will make them with only spinach!
Best Regards,
Kiran
Carmelia Blusser
October 3, 2010 at 10:09 amHello i was searching for another thins in google, but found your post very good!
Will be paying this blog a visit in the future!
Best regards!
JHEEL
August 30, 2010 at 5:50 amthank you aunty for posting such good recipes
regards
Jheel
Ramya
August 26, 2010 at 1:24 pmHi Manjula aunty,
Please let me know,If this dish will remain fresh for a week since I have to pack few snacks for my vacation.
Waiting for your reply.
Regards
Ramya
Manjula Jain
August 26, 2010 at 2:36 pmRamya,
Store them in zip lock bags for vacation they stay crisp.
Autism Symptoms
August 4, 2010 at 3:57 pmwell written blog. Im glad that I could find more info on this. thanks
María Paz
July 29, 2010 at 11:44 pmHi Manjula,
i think you are an amazing lady. i wish you were my neighbor, I would be hanging out in your house all the time. Not only because you are a great cook, but also because you seem to be a caring and warm person and it’s something everyone seems to grasp every time they tune in to watch your videos. I love Indian food, but I’ve never tried to cook it myself. However, when I watch your videos you encourage me to do it so. I will pretty soon! We don’t have any Indian stores close by, but I will definitely get back to you when I try any of your great recipes.
Thanks again for sharing those wonderful dishes!
María Paz
harjinder sandhu
July 26, 2010 at 9:15 pmhello auntie ji
ur new reciepe looking yummy i want to make it for my kids as soon as possible but i never use before parmesan cheese so plz tell me there is only one type of parmesan cheese in market i live in brampton canada or any other subsitute of this cheese plz reply soon
thanx
with regard
harjinder
Jayashree
July 22, 2010 at 12:47 pmCan I make it without adding baking soda?
Thank you for your time & response,
Jayashree
Manjula Jain
July 22, 2010 at 12:52 pmJayashree,
You can make it without adding baking soda just texture will be different but still will be very good.
Aditi
July 22, 2010 at 11:07 amCan we bake these chips instead of deep frying?
lavanya
July 22, 2010 at 7:53 amnamaste manjula aunty……
i tried this recipe today…it was really yummy…..my mom was just unable to stop munching …
thank you so much….plz tell us some more appertizers like this which are easy to make and yet so delicious
lots of love 🙂 🙂
Khadija
July 21, 2010 at 7:53 pmthis looks like a great healthy alternative thanks
Liane
July 21, 2010 at 5:26 amHi Malini,
I guess you could substitute it with what ever cheese you happen to like as long as it’s not a soft cheese but then again Manjula herself will tell you to experiment with what ever you like – cooking is sometimes only limited by ones own imagination! Good luck.
Malini
July 22, 2010 at 2:57 pmHi Liane,
Thank you for your response.
I will definitely try with some other cheese may be “mozzarella”.
Let’s see how it turns out.
Manjula Aunty’s recipes never fail though!! :))
Cheers,
Malini
Angel
July 23, 2010 at 5:29 amMalini,
Mozzarella would not work as it is a soft cheese. It melts a lot. You need to find a hard cheese, like Pecorino.
mili
July 20, 2010 at 11:16 pmHi
Parmesan cheese, is it veg? Kindly tell
Angel
July 21, 2010 at 6:50 pmMili,
As per my knowledge parmesan cheese is not vegetarian. Many Parmensan Cheeses espcially Parmigiano Reggiano (made in Italy) are made with calf rennet (stomach/intestine) lining of the calves. Please do check the labels of the cheese. But the labels maybe deceiving as well because they list the calf rennet under “enzyme” at times. The best bet would be to do some research and/or call the number on the product to enquire about the ingredients. But I think these crackers will just be as delicious without the cheese. Plus it does have the extra benefit of spinach!
Malini
July 20, 2010 at 2:52 pmHi Manjula auntyji,
Thanks once again for this yummy recipe.
I don’t like parmesan cheese at all. Is there a substitute that I could consider??
Please advise auntyji.
Thank you.
Malini
lavanya
July 22, 2010 at 7:56 amhello malini……
i tried out this recipe with normal amul cheese(as i couldn’t find parmesan cheese)…it turned out really yummy
may b you can try that
🙂 🙂 lavanya
Malini
July 22, 2010 at 2:54 pmHi Lavanya,
Thank you so much for your suggestion 🙂
Malini
divya
July 28, 2010 at 7:59 amhi lavanya,
thank u very much for sharing—-i wanted know whether we can use amul cheese or not —-thanks again