Chakli is the north version of our crispy murukku. I decided to stock in some murukku for snacking in on evenings or for side dish in lunch. Since I was trying chakli for the first time, dint want to take a risk. I checked it out from Smt. Chithra Vishwanathan's recipe on indusladies.
Ingredients
- Maida - 3 cups
- Besan / Kadala Maavu / Senaga Pindi - 1 cup
- Jeera - 2-3 tsps
- Salt - as required
- Oil - for deep fry
Procedure
- In a cloth, add the two flours and tie it loose.
- In a pressure pan or cooker, keep a bowl and drop in the tied cloth into it. Pressure cook the flour for 15minutes without weight.
- When the pressure drops, remove the cloth. You'll find that the flour has been shaped into a solid state. Break it down on a plate and let it cool.
- Powder the pieces in a mixer and sieve it to ensure that there are no lumps.
- In a bowl, add the flour, salt and jeera. You can also use sesame (yezhu/nuvvulu) instead of jeera. I prepared half with sesame and half with jeera. Make a dough with help of enough water.
- In a kadai, heat oil. Put the dough into chakli/murukku press and drop small spirals into the kadai. Fry till done and remove onto tissue paper. Cool and store in air-tight container.
TIPS
- Smear some oil inside the press so that the dough does not stick to the sides of it.
- I do not drop the spirals from the murukku press directly into the kadai. I smear some oil onto a plastic sheet, make the spirals and drop them into the kadai. Its one's preference.
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