Instant chakli recipe

Ingredients 

Rice flour(idiyappam rice flour)—1 1/2 cups

Hurigadale powder( fried gram)—1/2 cup

Ghee—3 teaspoon 

Salt—1 teaspoon 

Asafoetida or hing—1/2  teaspoon 

Cumin (jeerige) —1 teaspoon 

Cumin powder—1 teaspoon 

Red chilli powder—3/4 teaspoon 

Water— 1 cup 

Oil for frying

We also need--

Chakli press,parchment paper or plastic sheet.

NOTE

You can use idiyappam/pathiri rice flour or toleda akki hittu for good chaklis.

Method 

Keep a small kadai on low flame ,take rice flour and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes.

Just warm the flour.

Switch off the stove.

Take this flour in a bowl,add in hurigadale powder,cumin seeds,cumin powder,salt,red chilli powder,ghee.mix well

Now add in water little by little to the flour mix and knead the dough soft.

(You can knead dough in food processor for softer dough)

Meanwhile heat the oil in a kadai on medium heat to deep fry the Chakkalis.

Now take half the dough knead thoroughly.

Grease the parchment paper or plastic sheet.

Also grease the chakli press too.

Place the dough in the chakli press and press it into round chakli 

Prepare 5 to 6 chaklis.

 

Once the oil is hot enough,carefully drop the prepared chalks into hot oil.

While placing chaklis make flame to sim.

Now increase the flame to medium,after 2 to 3 minutes flip the chaklis to the other side .

Fry till it turns brown.

Remove it from oil using a perforated laddle and transfer to a paper towel placed colander.

Once these cooled completely,store in the air tight container.