Chakli

Ingredients

• 2 cups Bhakari flour or Jawar flour 
• 1 cup Besan or gram flour
• 1 tbsp Carom seeds or ajwain
• 1 tbsp White sesame seeds
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• 1/4 cup Melted butter
• 2 cups - warm water
• Salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Method

• Sieve the jawar and gram flour together to a mixing bowl. Add carom seeds ,white sesame seeds, red chili powder, asafoetida,salt and mix together.
• Pour the melted butter and mix.
• Add water little at a time and make like a chapati dough. Dough should not be too stiff nor too loose.
• Take little dough and fill into the chakli mold. With the chakli presser, press and shape the chakli to a plate with paper napkin.
• Make a bunch and keep ready to fry in oil. Heat oil in a pan or in kadai .
• Carefully slide shaped chakli dough into the hot oil.
• Fry both sides on a medium high heat, till crisp and golden.
• Take off the oil and drain on a paper towel.
• When they cool store them in a air tight container.