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Chakkuli/Chakli/Murukku Recipe

      Chakkuli/Murukku is one of my favorite snacks. My mom always prepares this snack whenever we visit her place. Me and my children love this chakkuli like anything. Sweets and Snacks are integral part of any festival. Some sweets are fixed for a particular festival  too. As part of Diwali celebrations I prepared chakkuli/murukku at my home along with regular sweet "yelappa" this time. There are many variations in doing these chakkulies.This is the easiest of all. Posting the easy chakli recipe for you. "WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE DIWALI 2012".
chakli/murukku/chakkuli
chakli ingredients
Chakli/Murukku Recipe Ingredients
Urad dal/Split black gram- 1/2 cup
Rice flour- 1 cup
Black sesame seeds- 2 tbsp
Salt- 1.5 tbsp 
Oil for deep fry- 1/2 ltr

Yields
25 to 30 chaklis




Preparation
  • Wash urad dal and pressure cook it for 3 whistles adding 1/2 cup water to it.
pressure cooked urad dal for chakli
  • Sieve rice flour and keep it aside.
  • Dry roast black sesame seeds till they splutter and keep it aside.
dry roasting black sesame seeds

Method
  • Grind cooked urad dal finely adding little water (around 1/4 cup) in a mixer.
  •  In a big bowl add ground urad dal, rice flour, salt and roasted black sesame seeds. Knead it well. The dough should have the consistency of chapati dough as shown below.
chakli/murukku dough
  • Fill  the chakli press with cylinderical shaped balls of the dough.
  • Press in chakli shape on oil greased plastic paper. Plastic helps you to lift the chakkuli for deep frying.
pressed chaklis
  • Meanwhile heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai, when oil heats up, transfer the murukkus into oil. 
dropping pressed chaklis in to oil

  • Flip them over when they turn slightly brown at the bottom. When both sides turn slightly brown in color, remove them from oil and drain them on tissue.
chakli/murukku ready
  • Repeat the process with remaining dough and after cooling store all the murukkus in airtight container. Crispy and crunchy chakli is ready......yammy
chakli ready

 Note: 
  • If the dough is thin, add some more rice flour.
  • Fry in low flame to make sure chklis get cooked evenly.
  • You can pressure cook urad dal in coconut milk and you will get chakkulis with added flavor of coconut.
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Meet you all with one more interesting Udupi recipe. Till then bye.







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