Chakli Recipe

Chakli made as falhar during diwali

Ingredients:

1 kg rice
2  Coconut scrapped
1 cup urad dal
1 cup chana
1/2 cup ghee 
3 tblsp white sesame seeds
red chilly powder according to taste
1 tblsp haldi/turmeric powder
Oil for deep frying
salt to taste

Directions:

1)Soak the rice in water for two hours. Strain it and dry it in sun for whole day.
2)Roast the urad dal and chana for 2-3 mins. Add it to the rice. Make flour of these three ingredients.

Chakli Dough:
1)Prepare the coconut milk. Mix the coconut with water in mixer. Strain the coconut mixture in a thin cloth to get the coconut milk,
2) Into the flour add the coconut milk, ghee, sesame seeds, haldi and red chilly powder to make a thick dough.
3) Put this dough into the chakli mould and press it out in circular motion to make chaklis of desired size(generally of 3 rotations)
4) Heat enough oil in a pan. When oil is heated, put chaklis into the oil. Fry till its golden brown.
6) Once cool store it in a air tight container.