Bhanjani Chakali

July 20, 2013

A delicious marathi snack with is crispy and crunchy. Made from a special blend of chana dal,rice, moog dal, udad dal and flatted rice

Cuisine Maharashtrian

Course Snacks

Serves 5

Method Deep-fry

Difficulty Easy

Cook Time 1 hour(s)

Cuisine Maharashtrian
Course Snacks
Serves 5
Method Deep-fry
Difficulty Easy
Cook Time 1 hour(s)

Ingredients

bhajani flour(bhajani is made from chana dal,rice, moog dal, udad dal, flatted rice , all roasted and mixed together and ground to flour )

4 cup

red chili powder

1.5 tablespoon

salt

1 tablespoon

cooking oil

4 tablespoon

turmeric powder or haldi

1/2 tablespoon

coriander powder or dhania

1/2 tablespoon

cumin powder or jeera

1/2 tablespoon

sesame seeds

3 tablespoon

ajwain

1 tablespoon

water

2.5 cup

cooking oil ( for deep frying)

1 cup

Instructions

1. In a bowl mix, Bhajani flour red chili powder ,salt , coriander and cumin powder ,sesame seed, ajwain and turmeric powder. For those looking to make the bhajani flour from scratch. Here are the proportions: Rice ( Basmati /ambemohor / Dash brand rice ) : 1 kg. Gram dal( Chana Dal ) : 0.5 kg. Udad Dal :0.150 kg. Moong Dal : 0.100 kg. Thick Poha : 0.125 kg. Roast & mix together and ground to flour.

2. Heat 4 tablespoons cooking oil. Add to this mixture.Add boiled water to it and make a dough .

3. Take the dough in a Chakali maker and make circular patterns. It does take some practice to get the shapes correct.

4. Now deep fry the chakali in cooking oil till it gets golden brown color.

5. Enjoy the hot chakali

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I'm Vanita Gulanikar. Cooking has been my passion since childhood. My father is farmer so we always had supply of fresh vegetables, herbs, lentils. we had a big family so everyone had work assigned and my share was cooking...
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