CHAKLI/MUCHCHORE/MULLU MURUKU

Shravan month is fast approaching and with it comes the season of festivals and celebrations. One of the most important festival for a foodie is Gokulashthami, where we celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna. Honestly, it just sometimes turns into an occassion of enjoying fried snacks and sweets all in the name of Lord Krishna. But no regrets.

Starting today I will be posting recipes that are traditionally prepared for this festival. However, these snacks are just too yummy to munch on and can serve as a good teatime snack on any day.

Today I am posting Chakli recipe commonly also known as muchchore or mullu muruku. Most of these snacks use Rice flour as the main ingredient. Traditionally this rice flour is prepared at home and is a slightly lengthy (though not difficult) process. My recipes however uses store bought rice flour which yields similar result as using home made rice flour. I shall share the traditional rice flour preparation method some other day. Until then enjoy these Gokulashthami recipes in advance and may the celebrations begin.

You can refer to the blog for other Krishnashthmi fried snacks like Uppicheede, Bellada cheede, Tengul, Thatte, Ribbon pakoda. Further you can find Avalakki recipes like Gojju avalakki, Avalakki payasa, Mosuru avalakki in this blog too.

Ingredients

Rice flour: 3 cups
Fried gram dal(powdered): 1 cup
Hing: 1/2 tspn
Chilli powder: 1 tspn
Seasme seeds/til/yellu: 1 tbspn
Unsalted butter: 1 1/2 tbspn
Salt: as required
Oil: for frying
Water: as required

Preparation

1. Take rice flour, fried gram dal powder in a bowl and add hing, chilli powder, seasme seeds, salt, butter and mix all without lumps.
2. Add water and make a soft dough. Consistancy should be little thicker than chapati dough and should easily come out of the chakli mould.
3. Put in a chakli mould and deep fry. Oil should not be boiling hot and fry in medium flame.
4.  Cool and store in a air tight container (if there are any pieces left. Because once you start munching on them you would not stop until it all disappears.)