This section is from the book "Indian Cookery And Confectionery", by I. R. Dey. Also available from Amazon: Indian Cookery And Confectionery.
Mix thoroughly 1/2 powa of ghee, a little salt, a half-pinch of soda, and a few entire black cumins with 1/2 seer of fine flour, and knead into a stiff dough with water. Make small balls of it and roll them into very thin discs.
Fold the discs twice and fry in plenty of ghee till brown. Or, make big balls, roll into big discs, cut them into pieces of parallelogram shape and fry.
Make a stiff dough of fine flour 1/2 seer, middlings 1/2 powa, besam 1/2 powa, a little salt, some entire black cumins and sesames with water. Cut it in rectangular pieces half inch thick and fry in plenty of ghee.
 
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