Chekkalu

Ingredients

Rice flour                                4 cups
(green)chilli ginger paste          4 tbsp (u could use more)
curry leaves                            1 cup (finely chopped)
Raw chick peas(pachi sengapappu) 1/4 cup(u could use little less than that) (marinate it for 2 hours)
salt
butter                                      6 tbsp (approximately)
oil for deep frying


1.Mix all the ingredients together
2.sprinkle little by little bit water on it.Water should help it in making it like a ball and just using fingures if we can press it like a patty then that is enough.It  may take 2tbsp of water.little more if needed .It need not be sticky.It need not be like a chapathi dough at all.More thicker than that.

3.Deep fry on in oil.


** IF snacks are too hard then it is time to add little more butter.
** IF snacks are too fluffy or not holding in shape when u fry them in oil that means u added
     more butter.
** Always start off with frying just one or two so that u can know what is wrong accordingly u can adjust the mixture.

** 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.

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.