Chakali

                                           

Chakali

Chakali is a South Indian crunchy, tasty snack made out of rice flour and urad dal flour. Chakali is however made in many varieties. It is a traditional treat for festivals.

Ingredients: (makes 30- 35 chakali)
1 glass maida
1/2 glass rice flour
1/2 glass urad dal flour
1 table spoon jeera
1 table spoon til
1 table spoon butter
Salt to taste
Preparation:
1. Take a clean cloth and put maida in it.
2. Tie the alternate edges of the cloth containing maida tightly and put this in a cooker vessel.
3. .Put water below the cooker and place a stand and put the vessel containing the maida bundle, Take care not to wet the maida, put on the cooker lid.
4. Cook for three whistles
5. After cooking, maida would have formed into a hard mould. Cool and powder it with hand and sieve it.
6. Dry roast urad dal till a nice aroma arises. Cool and powder it.in a grinder and sieve it
7. Mix the maida, urad dal flour and rice flour
8. Add till , jeera, salt, butter and mix well.
9. Knead a tight dough using water.
10. Rest the dough for 10 minutes.
11. Place a lump of dough in a chakali mould and press forming circles on a greased plastic sheet /parchment paper
12. Heat oil over medium flame
13. Carefully fry the chakali in  oil till they turn golden brown
14. Remove on a kitchen towel to drain excess oil.
15. Allow them to cool.
16.Store in a dry, airtight container
17. Remains fresh for a week to 10 days






Oil for frying chakali