Chakli/Muruku.

Hi everybody...hope you all had a happy and safe Diwali.....

Today lets see how to make a yummy,crunchy and spicy traditional snack "Chakli" which is also called "Muruku" in telugu.

Chakli is a traditional South Indian Snack and is prepared during the festival seasons...As a kid i always liked festival season because i was getting all yummy snacks to eat....Chakli always tastes awesome with hot beverages like coffee and Tea.

Come on lets see how to make this yummy snack....

Ingredients:

1 Cup-Rice Flour/Akki Ittu.
1/2 Cup-Kallepappu Flour/Dalia Flour.
2 Tbsp-Melted Butter(Not Ghee).
1 Tsp-Red Chili Powder.
1 Tsp-Salt.
1/4 Tsp-Ajwain Powder/Carom Seeds Powder(Optional).
1 Tbsp-Sesame Seeds.
Oil to fry.

Method:

1.Take a mixing blow and add rice flour followed by kallepappu flour,melted butter,salt,red chili powder,carom seed powder,sesame seeds and mix well with sufficient amount of water and let this dough/mix sit for about 15 mins.

2.Now take a small amount of dough kneed it well and put it into a Chakli Maker/Muruku Maker and press them on a aluminium foil or wax paper into the shapes as shown below in the picture.

3.Take a frying pan and put the oil to heat once the oil is heat add the chakli and fry them for about 3-5mins.

Enjoy the Yummy and Crunchy Chakli.......

Menasinakayi Bajji/Jalapeno Bajji/Mirchi Bajji.

Hello everybody today let us see how to make a mouth watering snack "JALAPENO BAJJI".

Menasinakayi bajji is one of the all time favorite,yummy and spicy evening snack,you see them selling on the cartwheel everywhere in Bangalore,this is also called as Mirchi Pakoda in North India and Mirapakayi Bajji in Andhra Pradesh.

Come on let us see the ingredients we need,

10-Long green Jalapeno/Chili.

Batter:

1 Cup-Chick peas flour/Gram dal flour/Kadele ittu.
1/2 Tsp-Red Chili powder.
2 Tbsp-Rice flour.
1/4 Tsp-Baking soda.
1Tsp-Salt.
1/4-1/2 Cup- Water.

Stuffing:

1 Tsp-Vamu/Ajwain/Carom Seeds powder.
2 Tsp-Jeera/Cumin powder.
1/2 Tsp- Salt.

Oil to fry.

Method:

1.Take a mixing bowl add chick peas flour followed by rice flour,baking soda,chili powder,salt,water and mix well,mix such a way that the batter is not too thin or too thick.

2.Take a small bowl mix Ajwain/Carom seeds powder,cumin powder and salt and keep aside.

3.Take a jalapenos/mirchi cut them in as show in the picture below and remove the seeds,if you like spicy you can leave the seeds.

4.Stuff the jalapenos with the stuffing we made as shown in the picture.

5.Take a frying pan add oil,once after the oil is heat dip the jalapenos in the batter and fry them until golden brown.

You can eat them plain or with ketchup or pudina/mint chutney.



Enjoy your yummy and spicy Jalapeno/Menasinakayi Bajji.

Onion Pakoda/Eerulli Pakoda

Hi everyone...hmm soon it's going to be winter and it will be awesome if we have a something hot,spicy, crispy snack to eat during this weather and today lets see how to make a crispy and spicy "ONION PAKODAS".


Come on lets see the ingredients we need to make this yummy snack,

Ingredients:

1-Large Onion.
1/2-Cup Chickpeas flour/Gram dal flour/Kadele ittu.
2-3 Tbsp-Rice Flour.
1-Pinch of baking Soda(Generous Pinch).
6 or more-Green Chili.
Oil-For deep fry.
6-Strands of cilantro/coriander leaves.
1-Strands curry leaves.
15-20-Cashews(Optional).
Salt to taste.

Method:

1.Cut the onions,green chili into thin,long slices.

2.In a mixing bowl add onions,green chilies,finely chopped cilantro,curry leaves,baking soda,cashews,salt and mix well,to this add chickpeas flour,rice flour,2 tbsp of hot oil and mix well add 1-2Tbsp of water if only needed make sure the mix is thick not thin.

3.In a frying pan add the oil required for frying and let the oil heat for about 5 mins,once after the oil is hot now fry the pakodas,try to keep the size thin and fry on a medium heat until they are golden brown.

4.You can eat this with Ketchup.

Things to Note:

1.If you are adding Cashews soak them in the water for about 5 mins so that the cashews wont get fried before onions.

2.Add the salt before frying,because adding salt before will make water to ooze out and pokodas wont be crispy.

3.Rice flour,baking soda and adding hot oil while mixing makes the pakodas crispy.

Enjoy the spicy and crispy onion pakodas.