Bahar Oct 08 Diwali Special - MMAbuDhabi Home

Ingredients:
Chakali
- Anita Joshi
2 cups rice flour
1/2 cup Mung Dal paste
2 tsp oil
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) or cumin seeds
1 red chili powder (optional)
Salt To Taste
oil for frying water as required
Preparation:
Cook the mungdal to a paste like consistency .
In a big bowl add rice flour, mungdal paste, turmeric, salt, chili powder,
carom seeds or cumin seeds.
Mix lightly. Heat oil and add the sizzling hot oil to the rice flour mix.
Add water as needed to make a stiff dough. Knead thoroughly with
hand not food processor.
Take a lemon size dough and place it in a chakli mould or icing bag
with star nozzle. Heat oil for frying.
Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough and wait for 3 seconds
if it does not rise to the top then oil needs to be heated.
Gently make a spiral with the chakli mould or icing bag and deep fry to
a golden brown.
Cool moong dal chakli completely before storing in an airtight
container.