Chekkalu

#myrecipe
By Chandana Guptha

Feb, 23rd

611

Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
8 - 10

Ingredients

  • Rice flour
  • Chana dal
  • Salt
  • Cumin
  • Pepper
  • Butter
  • Curry leaves
  • Green chillies
  • Ginger
  • Oil

Instructions

  • Take rice flour in a mixing bowl . Add a pinch of salt . Add the soaked and drained chana daal . Roughly pound the cumin and peppercorns and add to the flour. Make a paste of curry leaves , green chillies and ginger . Add this to the flour . Add butter and mix everything very well , till the butter is completely incorporated . Using very little water , bind the dough . Make sure the dough is stiff and hard . Make balls out of the dough . Place the oil to heat . Using a plastic sheet place the dough ball and press it with fingers to make a disc. Fry on moderate flame , let the colour not change . Remove once you see the chana dal colour changes and is crisp . Store after they have cooled down .