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I am Vidya Guruprasad from California, USA
During Diwali a special type of Chakli is prepared in
Tamil Nadu called Thenkuzal. My husband just loves it. Hope you will also prepare
and enjoy it with your family and friends.
You can check out my previous recipes of Bread Uppuma, Puliadharai or Hot Tamarind (also called Puliodharai)
and Cheedai - Uppu and Vellam.
E-mail : g_vidya@yahoo.com
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Thenkuzal or Rice Chakli
Ingredients
Rice Powder - 2 cups
Black Gram - 1/4 cup
Cummin Seeds - 2 tsp
Ghee and Coconut Oil - 2 tsps each
Salt - 2 tsp or per taste
Asafoetida
Method
- Rice can be soaked for 3-4 hrs,
dried and powdered in a mixer.
- Mix rice powder and little water and knead it with
spatula on slow fire till it becomes thick and
leaves the sides of the pan (good enough to make
dough). Cool it for a while.
- Roast Black Dal till reddish, cool it and powder it
very finely in a mixer.
- Add Dal powder, all other ingredients to rice paste and knead it into a very smooth but firm dough.
- Fill the dough into a Chakli Making Press with
seaves for Thenkuzal. This is most common hand-held tool for making Chakli in South India. If you
don't have the exact one, you can use any Sev
making tool for the purpose. It must have bigger
holes than those used in normal sevs.
- Carefully make circular motions with the Press
while pouring into a hot pan of cooking oil.
- Deep
fry the thenkuzal in median heat.
- Remove and cool
it.
Thenkuzal is ready. Well made Thenkuzals are hollow
inside.
Total Time : 20 mins.
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