What is Moyan or Moin मोयन क्या है ?

Moin or Moyan

What is the meaning of Moyan or Moin ?

मोयन क्या है

Moyan or Moin is the fat added to the dough either hot or cold which helps to make the end product crispy or crunchy or soft.

In indian cookery when we make our diwali products which are 90% fried we have to add moin so that the product becomes nice and crispy.

Little experiment

You try to take a 1/4 cup all purpose flour in 3 bowls

In first bowl do not add and oil or fat just water and salt and knead a dough

In the second bowl add 2 tea spoons of normal temperature oil, salt and knead a dough

In the third bowl add 2 tea spoons of hot oil, salt and knead it.

Now make small roundles of all the dough and fry it.

With the 1^st dough you will find it has become hard that our teeth have to do a lot of work

In the 2^nd dough you will find that the finished product has become a little crispy and tastes better like that of shankarpali it just melts in the mouth like nankhatai. Ideal for sweet preparations.

While in the 3^rd dough you will find that roundels have turned nice and cruchy like what we want for spicy dishes like chakli or spicy matri or nipathu

How much moyan should be added to a product.

Usually 1:5 is the ration for moyan 1 being fat and the other 5 being any flour.

But this ratio can be different as per preparations you are making and also the ingredients

How do I know I have enough moyan added to the dish

Old mothers tale says when you mix oil or ghee in the flour throughly. Nicely rub it into the flour and then try to form a fist if the flour stays intact then the moyan is enough.

If it doesn’t then you need to add some more fat.

If you hand becomes too oil or greasy then there is too much moyan that can become a hinderance for frying in that case you will have add a little flour and a time and rub the flour nicely.

How to fry a preparation which has moyan in it.

Once you have given desired shape to the dough you will have to fry it. Usually it is better to first heat the oil nicly on a high flame then reduce the flame and bring the temperature a little down so that whole of the oil is at even temperature.

Then on high flame put the matri in the oil and let it fry for maybe just 30 secs where they come to the top. Then reduce the flame and let it cook nicly remember that you do not have to burn the matri you just need to make the outer coating strong enough to hold the shape.

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