TACO SHELLS FOR CANAPES

Ingredients:

1 cup maize flour
1 cup maida + for dusting
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Sieve maize flour and all purpose flour together.
2. Add salt and 2 tbsp oil and mix.
3. Knead a soft dough using warm water.
4. Take out a ball of the dough,dust it with some flour and roll a thin chapati with the help of a rolling pin.
5. Take a muffin mold and cut as much round disks as possible.
6. Now gather the left out dough and mix some more dough and repeat the process.
7. Prick with a fork or knife randomly, to avoid the canapes puffing up while frying.
8. Meanwhile, heat oil in a wide and deep-bottomed frying pan or kadahi(wok).
9. Add the circular discs to the hot oil gently. Without crowding, fry as many discs as the pan could fit.
10. Keep turning them around and fry on low flame till they turn golden brown and crisp throughout. Remove them with a slotted spoon and drain them on absorbent towel. Repeat the process with the remaining dough.