Butter crackers | Whole Wheat butter cracker are super healthy snacks for kids and adults. Butter gives amazing flavour to this cracker. Guilt free to munch on.
Giving healthy snacks for kids is every mom's biggest concern, well at times more than helathy, there is one big question, whether they will eat it. The one which worked yesterday may not work today.
Everyday its experimenting.Ever since Vishvak started solid food, the topic about kids food will always come whenever I talk to my friends. Whenever my friend suggest something I wanted to try.
3 course healthy meal for is one side but healthy mid- morning and evening snacks was another concern. Vishvak was initially big fan of corn puff then he started liking store brought multi grain crackers. I wanted to try something in home.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Nel pori + keep one cup extra use if needed
- 1 cup jaggery
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/8 teaspoon dry ginger powder sukku
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 + 1/2 tablespoon coconut
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- In a wide mixing vessel keep 3 cups of nel pori. also, keep 1 cup separately to use if required
- In a mixing bowl add jaggery and water; mix well and microwave to melt jaggery
- Microwave time varies according to your jaggery size, cook till jaggery melts; avoid making syrup
- Add ghee to a heavy-bottomed pan and add coconut, saute till the coconut turns golden brown
- Strain and add jaggery water and continue cooking
- Furthermore, add cardamom powder and ginger powder
- The mixture boils well and we can notice the jaggery water turning dark brown (amber) color as we boil
- Keep mixing and continue cooking. Jaggery water turns into a thick Jaggery syrup
- Start checking if the syrup is in the right condition. Take a small portion of the syrup and drop it in a bowl of water. If you can gather the mixture into a soft ball, reduce the flame and continue cooking
- Keep cooking and check for the syrup consistency once in a while
- The mixture bubbles up and turns frothy at one stage. When you take a small portion of the syrup and drop it in a bowl of water, if you can gather the mixture into a firm hard ball, turn off the stove immediately
- Pour the jaggery mixture into the nel pori vessel and mix well with the spatula. Make sure the mixture is well combined
- Grease your hands with ghee and rice flour and make urundai
- Repeat and make Urundai before the mixture gets cool
- If the mixture sticks to the pan, warm it in low flame till the mixture comes together. Switch off and make ball immediately (don't forget to grease your hands with ghee and rice flour)
- Store it in an airtight container and enjoy
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Notes
- Always clean Nel pori Urundai, remove all the husk, and make Urundai
- Pori urundai can be made with the firm or softball consistency jaggery syrup. If you are making urundai with a softball you get a chewy Urundai. If you make Urundai with the hardball you get a crispy Urundai so make the syrup according
- Avoid one-string-consistency jaggery syrup as Urundai won’t hold the shape
- Filtering jaggery syrup is optional if you feel jaggery is without impurities skip it
- Avoid sauteeing jaggery syrup continuously while making syrup
- You can make jaggery water on the stovetop instead of the microwave
- Always transfer the jaggery syrup right after the firm stage is reached. If jaggery is cooked further it might turn bitter
- If you feel the jaggery is hot to handle You can grease your hands with little rice flour to make Urundai
- Always make the Urundai immediately after mixing pori and jaggery syrup. It is very difficult to make balls if you try to do after a long time
- If the mixture becomes cool it is difficult to make Urundai. Warm it for few seconds in microwave or stovetop and try making Urundai
- Avoid touching the jaggery syrup before mixing it with the pori. If the syrup is extremely hot and you might burn your fingers
- Pori made without coconut stays good for weeks. Store it in an airtight container
- Over stirring the sugar syrup with make the pori jaggery syrup dry
- The quantity of nel pori may vary slightly according to the puffed rice you use so add in batches
- Adjust the jaggery quantity according to your sweetness. However, don't reduce a lot as it might affect urundai shape
- Roasted sesame seeds, fried gram dal, peanuts can be added for extra flavor
- If pori urundai is not holding its shape then the syrup is not in the right consistency
- Always use dark brown colored jaggery for pori urundai
- While shaping urundai towards the end some jaggery syrup might stick to the pan, warm it on stovetop or microwave, and shape
- Carefully make the urundai as the mixture will be very hot
- If you feel it is hard to roll urundai transfer the mixture int the greased baking tray and cut into rice Krispies
- For longer shelf life skip the coconut
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True feeding children the right kind of food is the biggest concern for mothers and if you have a fussy eater the concern just doubles. The butter crackers are wholesome for the little ones. Having whole wheat its a healthier option and lightly flavoured with cumin, the little ones are bound to love these.
Thanku Piyali:-)
Healthy munchies V.. ...
Thanku Chitr:-)
Good healthy snack Vidya! 🙂 They are looking very crunchy too 🙂
Thanku Chcook:-)
perfect for my evening coffee 🙂
Thanku Bikram:-)
I love this spicy ,tasty & healthy crackers .
Thanku Madhavi:-)
These whole-wheat butter crackers looks so crunchy and crisp. Nice share! 🙂
Thanku Anu:-)
Vidya.. nee latea vandalum latesta varuva nu Malar ku theriyum. So no worries. I think only yesterday we kept talking about blog if not all our calls will be vetti aratai dan la.
Between great cracker. Glad your kiddo liked it.
We had hot blog related topics na Sri;-) oh ya namba usual vetti kadhai tana pesuvom.. Un recipe podum pothu I have lot of things to write:-) thanks da
Wow, these crackers look superb. At first sight,I thought those were store bought. Then only I saw the recipe. It looks very crunchy. Crunchiness is a plus when it comes to kids.
I so understand what you said. One day kids may like something and the next day, they don't even want to taste it. " Kids", right ? 🙂
Thanku Rasakama:-)
I just love these Vidya! Food is always a challenge with little ones, and it is great to be able to make your own snack food. I can't wait to try these 🙂
Thanku Antonio:-)
Wonderful crackers Vidya, they sound simple to make and would be so much better than anything you would buy in the store.
Thanku Suzanne:-)
Delicious butter crackers love it.
Thanku Swathi:-)
Healthy and crunchy one dear 🙂 I can finish off this one in no time
Thanku Kushi:-)
Vidya,
These butter crackers look amazing and so healthy! I am drooling looking at them!
Thanku Sandhya:-)
These crackers look so delicious! I love the idea of making my own crackers - I'll have to try your recipe!
Thanku Rachel:-)
I'm really keen to try and make these. Thanks for sharing.
Thanku Peggy:-)
perfect snack for tea time!! looks crunchy!!
Thanku Sundari:-)
Its very healthy snack and easy also..thanks
Thanku Jaleel:-)
Wheat crackers look so yummy and crispy..
Whole-wheat butter crackers looks so amazing and yummy share 🙂
This is a good one, I have to try this for Sid!