Chekkalu (rice Cracker)
Instructions
1. Take a bowl; add rice flour & salt. Mix the dry mixture.
2. In a blender put ginger, curry leaves & green chilies & grind it to a fine paste .Add this paste to the flour
along with chana dal. Mix well.
3. Add butter to the mixture and mix well as it will work as a binding agent. At this point add FEW drops of
water. Knead the dough.
4. Divide the dough in equal parts as desired. Make small balls out of it similar to a dumpling. Take a plastic
sheet rest the dumpling on it, cover it with the other side of the plastic sheet & press it with your palm.
[Note:-The dough kneaded is appropriate only when it forms uneven edges when pressed on the sheet.]
5. Repeat the same procedure for all dumplings.
6. Heat oil in a deep frying pan.Ensure that oil has reached its correct temperature & then add chekkalu
slowly.Allow it to cook on medium flame.
7. They are ready to be served.
Recipe Tips
Do not add excess water in the dough. 2. Avoid resting the dough for a longer time as it will bring more
color to them. 3. Fry them at a medium temperature.
