Jowar Chakli

Name: Jowar Chakli
Yield: 45 chaklis
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Jowar Flour….Fine flour; 3/4 cup Rice Flour; 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida); 1/4 cup Homemade Ghee…. Solidified; 1 1/2 tsp Bedgi Red Chilli Powder… To be adjusted as per taste; 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder; 1 Tbs Cumin Powder; 4-5 tsp Sesame seeds (Til); 1/4 tsp Asafoetida; to taste Salt; as required Water; as needed Oil for frying

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Jowar Chakli is a savoury snack made from Jowar and Rice flour alongwith some aromat spices. Chaklis are one of the mandatory snacks made during Diwali. Chakli, a favourite snack amongst all, is made in almost each region of India in their own unique style. The ingredients used differ according to different regions and communities. But, Chaklis of each type always taste delicious. That’s the magic of Chakli!
The most famous type of chakli in Maharashtra is Bhajnichi Chakli. The jowar chakli which I have made here is a combination of three flours and tastes as delicious as the bhajnichi chakli. Similarly chaklis are made from rice flour, moong flour, whole wheat flour, etc. The method for each of these differs slightly!
Making chaklis, according to me is an art! And a work of patience and practice. You really need to know how soft the dough should be, at what temperature you need to fry them, how to press them well from the mould, etc.! And for patience, you really need to have a lot whislt making chaklis!

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Ingredients

45 chaklis

1 1/2 cupsJowar Flour….Fine flour
3/4 cupRice Flour
3/4 cupAll Purpose Flour (Maida)
1/4 cupHomemade Ghee…. Solidified
1 1/2 tspBedgi Red Chilli Powder… To be adjusted as per taste
1 tspKashmiri Red Chilli Powder
1 TbsCumin Powder
4-5 tspSesame seeds (Til)
1/4 tspAsafoetida
to tasteSalt
as requiredWater
as neededOil for frying

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Steps

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To make Jowar Chakli, assemble all the ingredients except oil, in a mixing bowl. Mix everything well with your fingers and here itself you can check for seasoning adjustments as desired.
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Add water as required to knead a slightly stiff dough. Knead well and adjust spices as per taste. Keep it covered with a wet cloth till further use.
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Immediately heat a kadhai and add oil to it for frying.
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Take some dough and soften it using a little water to get a medium soft dough such that you can easily press out chakli from the mould without any chakli breaking in the process.
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Fill it into the chakli mould. On a greased sheet, press out a few chaklis in spiral shape.
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When the oil heats up reduce the flame, to minimum and lift a chakli at a time and slide it gently into the oil.
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Do not overcrowd the chaklis in the kadhai.
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Fry the chaklis first on low heat for a minute or two and then on medium heat without touching them till the underside of the chakli is cooked and stiff.
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Else the chakli can simply disintegrate in the oil! Flip and fry the other side too.
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When cooled transfer to an airtight container.
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Serve the delicious, crispy Chakli on festive occasion or just as a snack
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Imp note :
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All the flours used for the chakli, need to be finely ground to get good chaklis.
Do not add even a little more ghee else the chakli won’t hold shape while frying and will break up.
An important point here, is the force with which the gas flows from your cooking stove. In some cases the force is more and sometimes it is less. Accordingly the temperature of the oil will differ. So, while frying adjust the heat accordingly.

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Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

on February 04, 2019 09:39

I am a home cook, and I like to cook traditional as well as fusion food. Learnt to cook by trial and error and lots of experiments, reading cook books and watching cooking shows whether Indian or from abroad! I like to be perfect in my work, and the same applies to cooking as well! I have a blog on WordPress.com https://tastyrecipesfrompooja.wordpress.com/ where I share the recipes of my home cooked food!