*****NAGARA PANCHAMI SPECIAL***** Chakkli: Another favorate dish of mine... Ingredients: Rice flour 4 cups Fried gram flour 1 cup white til 1/4 cup salt red mirchi powder ajwoin 1/4 cup Water Oil for deep fry. Method: Mix all the ingredients together and add 1/4 cup of hot oil to it. Mix with hands. Take enough water to mix it and make a dough. (not too tight-not too loose) Take the chakli maker and press equal sized chaklis into butter paper (u can use washed milk packets also). Deep fry the chaklis till golden brown. Keep the gas in sim always to get teh perfect crisp.
Vid, its available with almost al the people who sells soppu's.. dont go to supermarkets, u can find it in ur nearby soppu seller who comes to your street daily.
Kruthika, thanx for posting the akki roti n chakli recipes.though i am from Andhra i like these a lot. there was a colleague who used to bring all those special savouries made for diwali..some poha mixture which used to be spicy n sweet..n besan laddoo.cud u please share the recipes of these..
Hi Sushma, Glad that u liked the recipes. In my next post I will post the besan laddo recipe. In fact its very simple. Try it,
Hai Kruthika.... Very nice thread dear....i have been to hubli in every summer hols as my uncle (mom's bro) is working thr....we all have grt time together from childhood....nice recipes are posted by you.... Thanks dear babye sravani
Hi Sravani, Nice name. Oh u have been to hubli? How did u like it dear? tell me... Glad that u liked my recipes..
***Shravana masa special*** Kadabu: Ingredients: Gram dal (chana dal)- 1 cup Jaggery- 1/2 cup Elaichi- powdered- 2 sp Kaju, pieces- handful Dry grapes (kishmish) Oil to fry Maida flour/ wheat flour Water Sugar - 1/4 cup ghee Method: Stuff: In a cooker, cook chana dal for at least 20 mins. Take off the excess water in dal after cooking. (store this water , it canbe utilised to prepare kattin saaru* or can be consumed just like that adding salt and lemon juice- its very nutritious). Mix the jaggery with cooked dal and mix well. Put it in mixie and make a fine paste. Please note, there should not be any water left in dal. Pu this stuff in a bowl. Add sugar to it, mix well. Make a dough frommaida/ wheat floue by adding enough water and 1 sp sugar, and 2-3 sp oil in it. Keep it for 15 mins. Later, make small puris from the dough. Stuff the above sweet stuff in to pooris and close them with the help of the hands.Make sure nowere it is open, so that the stuff doesn't come out when deep frying. Put oil into a deep frying pan and deep fry the kadubus til golden brown. When serving, make a small hole from your finger in the middle of kadabu, and pour ghee in it. *Kattin saaru: will post the recipe soon