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Onion, Curry Leaves Crackers | Savoury Biscuits | Salty Biscuits | Tea Time Snack
🥄 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook: 10 min
🍽 Serves: 2 servings
Crispy, savory, and bursting with the aroma of curry leaves and onion, these eggless crackers are the ultimate Indian-inspired tea time treat.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
If you are looking for a crispy, flavourful snack to enjoy with your evening chai, these Onion and Curry Leaves Crackers are going to become your new favourite. Neetu brings you a beautifully simple savoury biscuit that is packed with bold Indian flavours and baked to a perfect golden crunch.
Curry leaves are rich in antioxidants and support healthy digestion, while onions bring natural prebiotics that nourish your gut. Made with wholesome real ingredients and no eggs, this is a snack you can feel genuinely good about reaching for.
- ✅ Completely eggless and suitable for vegetarians, making it a snack everyone at the table can enjoy
- ✅ Made with real whole-food ingredients like fresh onion, green chilli, and curry leaves with no artificial flavours or preservatives
- ✅ Uses a light combination of ghee and vegetable oil for a beautifully crisp texture without feeling heavy
- ✅ A low-sugar, high-flavour snack that satisfies your savoury cravings without the guilt of store-bought biscuits
Ingredients You’ll Need
(Full measurements in the recipe card below)
Aromatics
- • 1 medium onion, finely chopped — base flavour
- • 1 green chilli, finely chopped — heat and bite
- • 10-12 curry leaves, chopped — signature aroma
Dough
- • 1.5 cups maida — structure
- • 0.75 tsp baking powder — light crisp
- • 1 tsp salt — savoury base
- • 1 tsp sugar — balances heat
- • 1 tsp ghee — rich flavour
- • 0.25 cup vegetable oil — tender crumb
- • 0.25 cup water — binds dough
Substitutions
| Ingredient | Swap |
|---|---|
| maida | gluten free flour blend for GF version |
| vegetable oil | melted coconut oil |
| green chilli | 0.5 tsp red chilli flakes |
How to Make It — Step by Step
Prep Aromatics
Finely chop onion, green chilli and curry leaves. Keep pieces very small so they press flat into the dough.
Mix Dry
In a bowl whisk together maida, baking powder, salt and sugar until evenly combined.
Make Dough
Add ghee, oil and the chopped aromatics to the dry mix. Add water little by little and bring together into a firm, non sticky dough. Do not knead.
Roll and Cut
Roll dough thin, about 2 to 3 mm, on a lightly floured surface. Cut into rectangles or use a cookie cutter. Prick each cracker with a fork.
Bake
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 18 to 22 minutes until golden and crisp. Cool completely on a wire rack before storing.
Tips for the Best Result
Dice the onion and green chilli as finely as possible so the dough comes together smoothly and the crackers bake evenly without any large chunks burning.
Lightly fry the curry leaves in a little oil until crisp before adding them to the dough. This intensifies their aroma and prevents any moisture from making the crackers soggy.
Allow the dough to rest for 10 to 15 minutes before rolling. This helps the flour hydrate fully and makes rolling thin, even crackers much easier.
How to Store
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, substitute the maida with a gluten free flour blend like rice flour or jowar flour for a gluten free version.
You can use melted coconut oil or any neutral oil in place of ghee, though ghee adds a lovely richness to the crackers.
Roll the dough to about 2 to 3 mm thickness. Thinner crackers will be crispier, while thicker ones will be more biscuit-like.
They may need more baking time or the dough may have had too much moisture from the onion. Pat the chopped onion dry before adding it to the dough.
Nutrition Per Serving
| Nutrient | Per Serving (2 servings) |
|---|---|
| Calories | — |
| Protein | — |
| Carbohydrates | — |
| Fiber | — |
| Fat | — |
| Sugar | — |
Estimates only — values vary with exact brands used.
Ingredients
- → one medium size onion
- → 1 green chilli
- → curry leaves
- → 1 1/2 cups flour/maida
- → 3/4 tsp baking powder
- → 1 tsp salt
- → 1 tsp sugar
- → 1 tsp ghee
- → 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- → 1/4 water
Instructions
- 1. Finely chop onion, green chilli and curry leaves. Keep pieces very small so they press flat into the dough.
- 2. In a bowl whisk together maida, baking powder, salt and sugar until evenly combined.
- 3. Add ghee, oil and the chopped aromatics to the dry mix. Add water little by little and bring together into a firm, non sticky dough. Do not knead.
- 4. Roll dough thin, about 2 to 3 mm, on a lightly floured surface. Cut into rectangles or use a cookie cutter. Prick each cracker with a fork.
- 5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 18 to 22 minutes until golden and crisp. Cool completely on a wire rack before storing.
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