Chakralu

Chakralu/Jantikalu/Murukulu/Chakli

Chakralu

Murukku is a traditional deep-fried snack recipe of India made using rice flour and lentils flour and is easy snacks to make at home with just a few of ingredients and even won't stress you out in the kitchen.

There are many varieties of murukkulu but the one I am sharing here is a basic, old and standard traditional andhra recipe that is followed by many south Indian women.

Kitchen Press Grater Cookies / Indian Snakes / Murukku Maker / Farsan Sev Maker is essential for preparation of South Indian savory snacks recipes.

Murukku recipe is a simple, easy and instant murukku recipe that is usually prepared for festivals like Diwali, Sankranti, Dussehra, Holi and Krishna Janmashtami.

Chakralu/Jantikalu/Murukulu/Chakli Recipe - Step by Step Recipe with pictures

Ingredients for Chakralu/Murukulu :

1) Rice Flour - 2 Cups
2) Besan/Gram Flour - 1 Cup
3) Ajwain (carom seeds) - 1/2 or 1 spoon
4) Sesame seeds - 1/2 or 1 spoon
5) Salt - As per taste
6) Red Chili Powder - 1/2 spoon
7) Water - 1&1/2 Cup approx.
8) Oil for deep fry (Any cooking oil)

Preparation of Chakralu/Murukulu:

1) Take a bowl and add besan, rice flour with the ratio of 1:2
Add the sesame seeds, ajwain, salt and red chili powder to it and mix well.

Ingredients for Chakralu/Murukulu

2) Add required amount of water to the flour mixture & knead it and make a dough of it.

One can check the taste of dough and if required can add sufficient salt to it.

3) Take a Kadai/Pan and heat oil in it for deep fry.
4) Add 3 spoons of hot oil to the dough and knead it.

Murukulu dough

The dough should be soft.
(Hot oil is added to make the chakli crispy)

Murukulu dough

5) Apply or coat oil to chakli/murukulu maker and stuff a portion of the dough into it.

6) Once the oil gets heated then to check if the oil is required hot enough drop a small piece of dough in it and if it rise then oil is ready for deep fry.

7) Now with the help of the chakli maker press the dough into rounds directly into the oil or grease a plate or a skimmer which is used for deep fry and press the dough on it into round shape and drop them into the oil.