This is traditional snack item in adhra and in olden days people used to prepare this snack item with the combination of sweets like boondi laddu,sunnundalu,ravva laddu,......This is easy snack but should have idea about dough and frying the chakkalu.Do not make dough thin and do not fry till dark colour appears. When you eating this chakkalu, fried chana dal crushed between our teeth and gives yummy taste.Traditional food is always nice...
Ingredients
| rice flour | 1/2 kg |
| salt | 1 spoon |
| cumin seeds | 1/4 spoon |
| ginger | 1 inch piece |
| green chillies | 4 |
| chana dal | 75 grs |
| butter | 75 grs |
| oil | 1/2 kg for deep fry |
Preparation
Wash the rice and soak for 12 hours.After that drain the water completely and add in the mixie jar and make a fine powder.This is rice flour.Flour should be fine powder and should not have any lumps.
Wash chana dal and soak for 2 hours.Then drain the water and keep it aside.
Wash green chillies and ginger and Peel the ginger and cut into small pieces.
Take a mixie jar and add green chilli pieces,ginger and salt and make coarse paste.
Take a big mixing bowl and add rice flour (with out lumps),ginger, green chilli paste,cumin seeds,soaked chana dal and butter and mix well.
Take a vessel and add 2 cups of water and heat it.When water is heated put off the flame.Then add this hot water little by little in to rice flour mixture and make a dough.Do not add total water.Taste the dough.If salt is not enough add some more salt and mix the dough very well.
Take a small portion of the dough make it as flat shape( wishing shape).Do all like this remaining dough.
Method
1.Take a thick bottom kadai and put on the flame.
2.When kadai is heated add oil for deep fry.Put the flame in high.
3.When oil is heated put the flame on low or medium.
4.Then place flat shape chakkalu in to oil and fry till they become brown colour.
5.When one side become brown colour then turn into other side and fry that side also till brown colour appear.
6.After that remove this chakkalu from the oil and place them on paper napkins for absorb excess of oil.
7.Fry all chakkalu like this.Keep to cool them.
8.When they become to room temperature, store in air tight container.
Keep in the mind
Making dough is important.Do not add more water.Adding little by little you may understand the consistency of the dough and make the dough perfectly.Thin dough can absorb excess of oil.
Adding butter is optional.If you feel high calorie then add 3 to 5 spoons of hot oil and mix the mixture.
Some people like to add curry leaves when making the dough.Adding curry leaves is optional.Of course it's gives nice taste to the chakkalu.
