RAGI / NACHNI CHAKLI RECIPE

RAGI CHAKLI / NACHNI CHAKLI - http://maryzkitchen.com/ragi-chakli/ INGREDIENTS • Ragi flour – 1 cup • Rice flour – ½ cup • Chutney dal / daria dal / roasted gram dal - ¼ cup • Butter – 1 tbsp at room temperature • Chilli pwdr – ¼ tsp or ½ tsp or as per taste • White sesame / til – 1 tsp • Asafoetida – a generous pinch • Salt to taste • Hot oil – 1 tsp • Oil to deep fry • Chakli press PREPARATION 1. Grind the roasted gram dal into a fine pwdr . Sieve it .****We need exactly ¼ cup of sieved flour . 2. Sieve the ragi and rice flour also. 3. Dry roast the ragi flour on low flame till it becomes hot to touch and aromatic.[ don’t over roast ,also don’t let the colour changes ] METHOD Take all the 3 flours in a big plate ,add butter + asfoetida + chilli pwdr + sesame seeds + salt and mix with clean ha nds . Now add water [ roughly ¾ cup ] little by little and knead it into a soft and stiff dough [ taste salt and adjust ] Cover the dough with a damp cloth to avoid drying . Heat the oil in a deep pan . Add 1 tsp hot oil to the dough and mix again . Grease the chakli press with little oil .You can take any disc .[ I have treid with star hole / plain hole / sev hole ] Take a portion of the dough and fill the chakli press . Once the oil becomes hot ,lower the flame to medium . For star disc make chaklis on the back of a ladle and slide it into the hot oil .[ be careful as the oil is hot – maintain a distance between the hand and the kadai . Once the chakli comes up to the surface ,turn and fry on the other side . Fry till the bubbling and ssshhhhh frying sound stops. [ Be careful because of the chakli colour , its difficult to find out whether it is fried or not – don’t over fry it ] Drain and remove on an absorbent paper . Allow it cool and store it in a airtight container . Shelf life 2 or 3 weeks . NOTES 1. To check if the oil is ready for frying ,add a tiny piece of dough in the oil ,if the dough raise up immediately – it means the oil is ready for frying . 2. You can add a pinch of baking soda . 3. Instead of sesame , you can try jeera . 4. Instead of grinding gram dal , u can try ¼ cup besan . 5. If he dough is dry add little water ,if it is wet add little rice flour . 6. While making circle chaklis if the dough breaks ,then add few drops of water and knead the dough again . 7. Press the chakli directly into the hot oil in a circular motion for making sev..