Pappu chekkalu (Rice crackers)
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
1 hour
Background
Pappu chekkalu are delicious south Indian savory item usually made during festivals. There are many variations of this recipe, but this particular one is my grandmother's recipe and I learnt this recipe from my mother. When I was a kid, my mom used to make these during my summer vacation.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp asafetida
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 Tbsp. roasted peanuts
- 1 spring curry leaves finely chopped
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Take a bowl, add rice flour, salt, red chilli powder. Mix them well.
- Blend roasted peanuts coarsely and add to the mixture.
- Add chopped curry leaves, asafetida, sesame seeds and mix well.
- Boil the water and add to the dry mixture little by little mixing with a spoon to make dough.
- Heat a heavy bottomed vessel with enough oil for deep frying.
- Take a small lemon sized ball of the dough, place on an oiled plastic sheet.
- Shape into a small circle by pressing with fingers.
- Once the oil is hot, slowly remove the shaped crackers and slide into the oil.
- In one go, you can fry 5-6 rice crackers.
- Reduce the flame to medium and deep fry them to golden color.
- Remove and place on an absorbent paper and cool.
- Repeat the process till the rest of the dough is done.
- Cool completely before storing in an air tight container.
- Serve as an evening snack along with a cup of tea/ coffee.
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