Roast 3tbsp urrad dal and grind it to a fine powder. Mix with 1cup rice flour, 3tsp chili powder (adjust to taste), saltand 1 tsp mustard seeds, 2tspoil/ghee. Mix well.
Add water little by little and kneed very well.Stuff the dough in chakkuli press and make chaklis on a plastic wrap/ plantain leaf. If the chakkuli gets cut before the spiral shaping, sprinkle some water and kneed the dough well again. Heat oil and deep fry these chakkulis. Take additional care not to break them while transferring them from the plastic wrap into the hot oil.
To avoid the chakkuli from spreading out in oil, the tip of the spiral shape is made to overlap on the previous layer.
There are varieties of chakkuli's made with various ingredients..I have tried one more variety, which is also made of rice flour,along with dalia (putani) powdered and a small portion of all purpose flour/maida. These also turn out very well. Want to try making chakkulis of Ragi /millet flour..will share once i try those :)
To avoid the chakkuli from spreading out in oil, the tip of the spiral shape is made to overlap on the previous layer.
There are varieties of chakkuli's made with various ingredients..I have tried one more variety, which is also made of rice flour,along with dalia (putani) powdered and a small portion of all purpose flour/maida. These also turn out very well. Want to try making chakkulis of Ragi /millet flour..will share once i try those :)
