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Instant chakli recipe | rice flour chakli | instant murukku recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
3.60 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dry namkeen, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 box

Ingredients
 

  • 3 cup or 300 grm rice flour
  • 1 cup or 100 grm roasted chana dal
  • ½ cup or 50 grm hot oil
  • 2 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp hing
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1.5 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 2.25 cup hot water or as required
  • Oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add rice flour.
  • Now in a mixture jar, add roasted chana dal and grind it into fine powder. Sieve it and add into rice flour.
  • Now heat ½ cup oil and add into flour mixture. Mix well and with hand rub oil into flour, so it will properly mix.
  • Then add turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt, hing, white sesame seeds and cumin seeds. Mix well.
  • Now add hot water gradually and knead medium-soft dough.
  • Then take some dough dough and knead it with slightly hands. This process helps to make binding into rice flour. (Refer video)
  • Now take a chakli machine with attached star shaped hole in round disc.
  • Grease the chakli machine with little oil.
  • Add chakli dough in machine and close the lid.
  • On a grease steal plate move chakli machine in circular motion, first make straight strings of dough by twisting the handle and then form round shape chakli with your hand.
  • Join ends otherwise chakli will open while frying it.
  • Heat oil on medium flame. Put small portion of dough into it,if it immediately comes to the surface without changing into brown then oil is ready for frying.
  • Add 3-4 chakli at a time in hot foil and deep fry them until crispy and golden brown in color.
  • Fry from both the sides evenly and remove them kitchen paper towel to absorb extra oil from it.
  • Let chakli cook to room temperature and ready to serve or store it into air-tight container.

Notes

  • Use fresh and fine rice flour for the chakli dough.
  • Roasted chana dal powder gives a perfect result for chakli; do not use besan as a substitute.
  • To make khasta chakli, add hot oil to the dough and rub the oil into the flour.
  • Use hot water when kneading the chakli dough; do not use cold water.
  • Fry the chakli over medium heat; avoid frying on low heat, as it may make them hard.