Wheat Flour / Atta Chakli

Wheat flour Chakli

Preparation time:- 30 minutes
Cooking time- 2 to 3 minutes
Yields- 15 to 20 small chakli

INGREDIENTS:-

1. Wheat flour / Atta- 1 cup
2. Cumin seed- 1 tsp
3. Red chilli powder- 1 tbsp
4. Salt as per taste
5. Hing / Asafoetida- 1/2 tsp
6. Oil- 1 tbsp + for deep frying
7. Water- 1/2 cup (adjust as per need)

HOW TO PROCEED:-

• Take a colander and line it with a clean cloth. Put wheat flour into it. Tie it up and place it over a pot with water and cover it. Steam this for around 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, remove it from heat and open it. Flour should be dry and should have small lumps. Allow it to cool. Now break the lumps and sieve it.
• Take a bowl. Add the sifted flour. Add salt, cumin seed, chilli powder, hing and mix well.
• Add in water and mix to form a dough. Now heat 1 tbsp of oil and pour the hot oil over the flour mixture. Mix well to form into a soft dough.
• Now add a portion of dough in a chakli press and press it to form Chaklis.
• Heat oil for frying. Drop in oil and fry .
• Drain in a tissue paper and allow it to cool, as it cools it will turn crispy.
• Serve