Saturday, March 29, 2008

Chekkalu-crunchy snack

A crispy fried snack made of rice flour in Andhra

You Need
4 cups of rice flour
4 cups of water
3 tb sps of ground nuts
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 cup bengal gram (chana dal)
salt to taste
10 green chillies & 10 garlic cloves (coarsePaste)
oil to fry

Soak chana dal for an hour.
Heat water to the level that you can use it to knead the dough.
Drain chana dal and mix with rice flour.
Add salt,cumin, chilly and garlic paste.
Knead with warm water and form lime sized balls.
If you have a roti maker,press in it or just use palm.Make as thin as possible
Deep fry in oil on medium till golden brown.
Let cool on tissue paper and store in air tight container.

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