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Rava chakli , diwali special

Today is the  fourth day of Diwali where gowardhana puja is celebrated. Diwali without the preparation of chakli is incomplete . So I made rava chakli for today’s occasion . The chakli came out crisp and was such an easy peasy preparation .This is again my bookmarked recipe and I made it today .I have also added some tips by Santoshi Nayak in the note section which she had modified and was a superhit . To know more about the importance of each day of diwali one may refer here . Stay tuned for more interesting recipes!

Recipe adapted from : cookwithsmile

 

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Ingredients :

Chiroti rava – 1 cup *(refer note)

Rice flour – 2 cups *(refer note)

Water – 2 cups

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Chilly powder – 1/2 – 1 tsp

Butter – lemon sized

Sesame seeds – 1 -2 tsp

Asafoetida / hing – a generous pinch

Oil – as much needed to deep fry

Salt – to taste

Method:

  1. Take a pan and boil water .
  2. Add salt to taste and add chiroti rawa .
  3. Lower the flame and cook it for 2 minutes like upma .
  4. Switch off the flame , transfer it in a bowl and cool it for a minute .
  5. Add chilly powder , cumin seeds , hing , butter,rice flour and sesame seeds .
  6. Make a soft dough.
  7. Add more water if required little at a time to adjust the consistency .
  8. Make chaklis in the chakli press .
  9. Heat oil and deep fry it by adjusting the flame .
  10. Once cool store it in an air tight container .

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My notes :

  • You may use idiyappam flour instead of rice flour .
  • You may also add bombay rawa instead of chiroti rawa .
  • You may add 3 tbsp approx sieved fried gram flour (hurikadle) .
  • By adding hurikadle powder the chaklis becomes crisp .

Pictorial presentation :

 

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About SaiGeetha Pai

I am Saigeetha, a homemaker, food blogger, baker and a cook. Cooking is my passion.

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