Sieve refined flour or maida in a big mixing bowl.
Add salt to the flour. Season the flour according to your taste.
Also add ajwain or carom seeds in the maida.
Add 1 tsp of oil in the flour now.
Mix the flour with salt, ajwain and oil using hand.
Now adding little water in refined flour start kneading the dough for namkeen.
Knead the dough for maida namkeen or nimki.
Pound the dough using hands so that it becomes soft. Keep the dough aside for 10 min to rest.
Divide the dough into small balls roughly size of lemon. Take one ball and roll it into thin roti.
Roll the maida dough into thin roti of 6-7 inch diameter.
Now using a knife or pizza cutter, cut the dough into 1 – 1.5 cm thick slices as shown in below picture.
Now turn the rolling board and make cuts perpendicular to other cuts. Cut the roti into 2 or 3 equal slices. Namkeen is ready to be fried.
Now for frying, heat oil in a kadhai. Check if the oil is hot enough for putting a small piece of dough in oil.
Now add the namkeen dough in oil and deep fry the namkeen.
Fry the maida namkeen or nimki till it become golden in color.
Once the maida namkeen is fried take it out of oil using a frying spoon. Delicious namkeen or nimki is ready.