The most favourite Diwali snack
Bhajani Recipe :
Please note - Do not wash dals for cleaning. Instead use damp cotton cloth to clean dals separately.
Ingredients for chakali
Chakali Recipe :
Read Chakali in Marathi
Ingredients for Bhajani - - 1 kg white rice
- 1/2 kg chana dal
- 1/4 kg udid dal
- 1/8 kg moong dal
- 1/2 cup coriander seeds
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
Bhajani Recipe :
- Clean all the above ingredients separately.
- On medium heat dry roast each dal separately, until golden brown.
- Dry roast white rice. Then roast cumin seeds and coriander seeds.
- Let all the above items cool down.
- Mix all and grind to fine powder.This is called Bhajani. We will use it to make chakali.
Please note - Do not wash dals for cleaning. Instead use damp cotton cloth to clean dals separately.
Ingredients for chakali
- 1 cup chakali bhajani
- 1 tsp Asafoetida powder
- 2 - 3 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- Salt to taste
- Oil for frying
Chakali Recipe :
- Heat some oil in a pan. Pour it on bhajani and mix well.
- Add sesame seeds, Asafoetida powder, red chili powder, Salt, turmeric powder and 1 cup boiling water to bhajani.
- Make a pliable dough of bhajani. You may use little lukewarm water to knead the dough. The dough should be soft.
- Now put the dough in chakali mold. Press and move the mold in circular motion to get the chakli shape. (Normally 3 rounds)
- Heat oil in a kadhai. Let the oil be sufficiently hot, turn the flame from high to medium heat and put chakali one by one in the kadhai. Fry 2 or 3 chakalis at a time. Do not over-fry. Fry till golden-brown.
- Drain and put on paper to remove extra oil.
- Let the chakalis get cool. Store them in an Airtight container.
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