Ingredients:

• 2 cup – par-boiled Rice
• 2 tsp – Urad Dal powder
• 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida
• 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp – Butter
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. Rinse the rice and soak in water for at least 3 hours
2. Drain and grind in a mixer without adding water.
3. Later add salt dissolved in 2 tsp water and grind into a smooth dough.
4. Heat the pan, add 2-3 tsp of urad dal and dry fry till it becomes light brown colour
5. Grind the fried urad dal in a mixer to a powder.
6. Sieve the dal powder using a strainer to get a fine dal powder.
7. Add to the rice dough, 2 tsp of urad dal powder along with asafoetida and cumin seeds
8. Now mix thoroughly the dough and add butter and mix well
9. Take a clean plastic cover and grease it with oil and place a water bottle lid. Now grease hands with oil and take small quantity of dough and gently rub the palms to make like a thick thread
10. Slowly and carefully twist the dough around the bottle lid
11. Repeat it for 3-4 rounds around the lid and gently remove the lid from the middle
12. Heat oil in the pan, gently take the chaklis in hand or using a spatula and drop it at the side of the pan so that the oil will not spill.
13. Remove from oil when crisp and drain on kitchen towel.
14. Recipe courtesy: Subbu’s Kitchen

Recipe courtesy of Subbalakshmi Ranganathan