Thursday, October 13, 2011

Chegodilu (Rice flour snack)

This is one of the tastiest snacks of Andhra Pradesh,India.


2 cups rice flour
2 1/2 cups water
moong dal              2 tbsp(could add more that gives nice taste)
sesame seeds          1tbsp
chillipowder           2tsp (can reduce the amount if u want)
jeera                        2tsp
Butter                  3 tbsp approximately
salt
Oil for deep frying



1.Soak moong dal for minimum of an hour.
2.Boil water(don't boil too much one boil is enough)Add moongdal,sesame seeds,chillipowder,salt,jeera and butter.
3.Meanwhile add pan heat oil for deep frying.
4.Just when water comes to a boil  reduce flame to low add rice flour mix really well.switch off the flame keep the lid on the mixture for couple of minutes so that it gets cooked.
5.take the small amount mixture just gently rub between palms to make it like a pipe.Make small rings from it.
6.Reduce flame of the oil pan before putting chegodilu to oil.
7.Towards the ending of the process increase heat to get nice color the snacks.

** IF Snacks are too hard add little more butter to the mixture.SO start off with frying just one or two once they are done u can know what is wrong.
**IF snacks too fluffy or not holding in shape in the oil then it means u added too much butter.
** IF u feel that the snacks are not cooked from inside,they increase the flame little (Donot over heat)for couple of minutes and reduce the heat before adding the snacks.