Got this recipe from Madhura's recipes. Its a keeper !
Ingredients:
- Moong Daal- 1/2 cup
- Water-3/4 cup
- All Purpose flour- 2 cups
- Dhane Jeere powder- 1 tsp
- Red chilli powder-1 n half tsp
- Turmeric- 1/4 tsp
- Salt
- Ajwain - 1/2 tsp
- Sesame seeds- 1 tsp
- Oil- for frying
Procedure:
- Pressure cook 1/2 cup Moong Daal with 3/4 th cup water.
- Steam All purpose flour( in a pressure cooker without using whistle)
- Press the lumps formed in the all purpose flour and sieve it.
- Mash the cooked moong daal.
- Add red chilli powder, salt, turmeric, sesame seeds. ajwain, dhane jeere pood to all purpose flour and mix.
- Now add mashed moong daal paste in little quantity and start kneading a dough.
- The dough is supposed to be very firm , so we do not add any extra water at this point until we use the entire moong daal paste.
- Keep kneading the dough. If required add 1-2 Tblsp water and knead a firm dough.
- Heat oil in a wide pan.
- Note: The oil should be extremely hot, else chaklis break and become soggy.
- Put dough in chakli maker, make chaklis and fry.
- Enjoy :)
