Instant Rice Chakli Recipe

Tandalachi Chakli is a light crispy crunchy savory spiral shaped snacks from Maharashtrian Cuisine.  With an instant recipe this chakli made with rice flour and homemade Chakli Masalas is vegan, gluten-free, absolutely flavorful and ready within 45 minutes from scratch. It makes for a delicious Diwali Faral and an excellent travel food owing to good shelf life, healthy finger food for kids and an irresistible tea-time munching snacks for all ages.

                      

What is Chakli?

Chakli is a deep-fried savory snack that is spiral in shape and has a spiked surface. This snack is usually made using rice and lentils and is a part of the Diwali Faraal ( term used to refer the various sweet and savory snacks made typically during Diwali) in Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. In the South India, this snack is referred to as Murukku. Chakli can be made using different proportion of ingredients and thus it has many versions. A typical Maharashtrian Diwali faraal will have a Bhajni Chakli that is made using bhajni flour (a blend of roasted and ground rice, lentil and spice mix). Many instant versions of chakli are also there. 

Video Recipe for Instant Rice Chakli

             

Details of the Ingredients used for Instant Rice Chakli 

• Rice Flour: Rice flour is the key ingredient of these chaklis. You may use homemade or store bought rice flour but it has to be fresh. Using old rice flour will break the chaklis.
• Roasted Gram: Do not skip this ingredient. Roasted gram gives a lovely nutty flavor and texture to the chaklis. We will use it in powdered form.
• Spices for Chakli Masala: This chaklis gets a lovely aromatic flavor from the freshly roasted and pounded spice mix. Cinnamon, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cloves and black pepper are used in this spice mix.
• Sesame seeds: White sesame seeds lend a wonderful nutty flavor to the chaklis and also make them all the more appealing.
• Carom Seeds: Carom seeds aid in digestion and also adds flavor to the chaklis.
• Oil: This is a vegan version hence, hot oil is used while kneading the flour and also for deep frying the chaklis.

Dietary Notes: These Instant rice Chaklis are

• Vegan
• Gluten-free
• Crispy crunchy Snack
• Has a good shelf life
• A wonderful travel food
• Festive snacks
• Tea-time treat
• Kid friendly

Related Event: Diwali Dhamaka @ShhhhhhCooking Secretly Challenge

These crispy crunchy rice chaklis are featured in the Facebook gourmet group, shhhh cooking secretly challenge where the theme for the month of October was Diwali Dhamaka as Diwali is just round the corner. Hindus across the world celebrate Diwali festival with zeal and enthusiasm. It is a festival which symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over dark, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. Diwali falls on the no-moon day( darkest night) of the auspicious Hindu month of Kartik. On this day, goddess Lakshmi ( the Deity of good luck, fertility and prosperity) is worshiped. Houses and work places are thoroughly cleaned, painted and renovated prior to the festival and lit with oil lamps and lanterns in the evening to welcome goddess Lakshmi. Apart from shopping, cleaning and decorating houses and work places, preparing scrumptious feast (both sweet and savory snacks) is one big affair and we Indian ladies take it as a pride to flaunt our culinary skills. These Diwali goodies are munched during the festivity and distributed to family and friends.

As per the theme, we had to cook a dish sweet or savory which me make for Diwali festival to serve our guests or that can be gifted. 

In this group all participating members are divided into pairs and both partners exchange a set of secret ingredients, using which both have to cook a dish depending upon  the theme for the particular month. Once the dish is ready only the pic of the dish is shared on the group and the other group members take turn in guessing the secret ingredients just by looking at the pic of the dish. The secret ingredients and the dish name are revealed at the end of the month when the recipe is published by the respective blogger.

My partner for October month was Shobha Keshwani di. I gave her Cardamom and ghee as her secret ingredients and she prepared delicious Whole Dry Fruit Ladoos using her set of ingredients.  Shoba di is a versatile  blogger and you can find delicious  easy to make dishes from round the globe on her space. I have bookmarked her Mysore Pak recipe to try out next. She have me ajwain smd oil as my secret ingredients  and I made these instant rice chaklis using me set of ingredients. 

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 20-24 Chaklis

Ingredients: Measurements used 1 cup = 240 ml

For Chakli Masala (Spice Mix)

• 1 inch Cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon Black Pepper corn
• 4-5 Cloves
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
• 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds

 For Instant Rice Chakli:

• 250 grams/ 2 cups Rice flour
• 1/4 cup roasted gram (Phutanyachi Dal)
• 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon Chakli masala
• 1 teaspoon Carom seeds
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 2 tablespoon Oil + for deep frying
• Salt to taste

 Method:

1. We will begin by making the Chakli Masala by dry roasting the spices mentioned under chakli masala and then grinding them to powder on cooling in grinder jar.
2. Next, powder the roasted gram and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl or parat, take rice flour, add powdered roasted gram, chakli masala, red chili powder, turmeric powder, sesame seeds, carom seeds and salt to taste.
4. Heat 2 tablespoon oil and add it to the flour. Rub the hot oil to the flour very well until it appears like bread crumbs.
5. Add 1 cup hot water in batches and knead the flour to a semi soft dough. Knead it for 5-7 minutes until its is nice and smooth.
6. Cover the dough with kitchen towel and allow it to rest for 15-20 minutes.
7. Grease the snack maker and fit a single star shape cut out to it.
8. Also grease a parchment paper with oil/
9. Knead the dough again after 15 minutes and divide into portions. Shape one portion like a log and add it to the snack maker mould.
10. Cover it with its lid and press the snack maker handle such that the dough comes out through the star shape cut out. Moving the wrist into circular motion, press the shaped dough into spirals as it comes out. Small spirals with 3 rounds are easy to handle. Break off the end and press it lightly into the last coil to ensure it does not come apart later. Make 4-5 such spirals, one batch at a time. If you make too many ahead of time, they will dry up and the spirals may not hold shape while frying.
11. Heat sufficient oil in a frying pan till moderately hot. To check the readiness of the oil, drop a small ball of dough into it. If it sizzles and comes up to the surface with tiny bubbles around it, within 2-3 seconds then the oil is just right. If it takes more time, let the oil heat up a little more. When the oil is ready, pick up the spirals using a flat spatula, one at a time and slide into the hot oil carefully. Slip in as many spirals as the frying pan can accommodate comfortable without overcrowding.
12. Once in oil leave them untouched, for 1 minute or so. Then touched the spirals with a slotted ladle. If the spiral has turned hard and the color changed to golden, flip the spirals carefully. Fry on the other side for another 1 minute or so and then remove them using a slotted spoon on to a plate lined with an absorbent paper.
13. Repeat the process till all the dough has been used up. Let the chaklis cool down completely. Store them in an air-tight container. Enjoy the delicious moong dal chakli with some masala chai or just on its own !

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