Ragi chakli

RAGI CHAKLI / NACHNI 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.

BENEFITS OF RAGI 

Rich in calcium
Helps in weight loss
High fibre content:
Regulates blood sugar levels
Battles anemia
Natural relaxant
Reduces the risk of stroke
Gluten-free
Excellent baby food

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