Chekkalu (in Telugu) or Thattai (in Tamil) or Rice Cracker is an amazing festive snack. channa dal and rice flour and tastes really good. Made with rice, butter, and spiced with green chillies, ginger and curry leaves adds up flavour to the snack.
- Take a bowl add rice flour, a pinch of salt.Mix the dry mixture.
- In a dinchik, put ginger, curry leaves, green chilies, crush it to a fine paste.Add this paste to the flour along with chana dal.Mix well.
- Add soaked chana dal, butter to the mixture and mix well as it will work as a binding agent. At this point add few drops of water, knead the dough.
- Divide the dough into equal parts as desired. Make small balls out of it similar to a dumpling.
- Take a plastic sheet rest the dumpling on it, cover it with the other side of the plastic sheet press it with your palm. [Note:-The dough kneaded is appropriate only when it forms uneven edges when pressed on the sheet. ]
- Repeat the same procedure for all dumplings.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan, ensure that oil has reached its correct temperature then add chekkalu slowly. Allow it to cook on medium flame until crispy.
- They are ready to be served.