Showing posts with label crispy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crispy. Show all posts

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Avalakki Chakkuli /Flattened Rice Chakli

ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ /Flattened Rice/Aval/ Poha or Poa is prepared using the rice. Avalakki chakli/chakkuli/muruku is one of the quick crispy, crunchy fried snack and chakli/chakkuli/muruku is loved by most of us.
Avalakki Chakkuli can be prepared whenever you want it.  


I have used flattened rice, rice flour, salt and curd. 
Chakkuli is one of the famous snack dish that loved by many. It can be munched any time of the day. It goes well with all the time. Kids love to eat chakkuli and is a perfect snack for their tiffin box.Ladies can enjoy this chakkuli during their get together or kitty party, one dish party, picnic and travelling too. Avalakki Chakkuli is good for kids snack box. 
Let us see the recipe Now :

Ingredients 

Thick Avalakki/Poha/Aval/Flattened Rice : 1 Cup
Thick Curd/Yogurt : 2 to 3 Tablespoons
Rice flour : 2 Cups or little more
Chilly Powder : 1/2 Teaspoon
Ellu/Sesame seeds : 1 Teaspoon
Jeera / Cumin Seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt : To taste
Butter : 1 Tablespoon
Cooking Oil : 2 Cups

Method :

1. Clean and wash Avalakki/flattened rice and soak mix it with thick curd for 10 to 15 minutes.



2. Grind it in dry grinder with out using water.


3. Put the ground avalakki mixture in a big bowl. Add rice powder, chilly powder, jeera, sesame seeds and salt.

4. Add butter and mix it nicely and prepare dough. Add water if required. Kneed the dough nicely.
5. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Put oil and let it get hot. (Medium flame).
6. Now put a small portion of the dough and press it in circle shape. Prepare 3 to 4 chakkuli on the plate.

7. Put this chakkuli and fry on both sides. Remove it from the pan once it is done.

8. Put it on a kitchen tissue and let the extra oil absorb by kitchen tissue.

9. Repeat the same with remaining dough.
10. Serve hot Avalakki Chakkuli with a cup of coffee or tea. Store it in a airtight glass bottle.

Note : 

Let the dough consistency be like normal chakkuli dough. Not so hard or very soft. Adding spice more /less is optional. No need to add more butter. It might turn soft and absorb more oil.
Time : 30 Minutes.
20 to 25 Chakkuli can be made. (According to size).

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Rava/Semolina Maddur Vada

Maddur Vada is loved by many and it is an easy snack to prepare enjoy your evening snack.
It can be prepared in many ways.  I am a fan of fried eatables. But I make sure it is done in healthy manner. Fried fritters are nice to have with a cup of coffee/tea or even fresh juice.
This Maddur Vada/Vade is prepared using Rava/Semolina, rice flour and wheat flour. Onions, green chilly and curry leaves are added and it has turned crispy and tasty.
These fritters are usually made with rice flour and Maida. (Alpurpose flour). I have used wheat instead of maida and Rava (more quantity) and less rice flour. Maddur Vada has turned crispy and crunchy. You must fry them on low and medium flame to get the crisp.
Eating oily food is not good for health they say. But you can not resist them. Just enjoy a few and work out, walk, dance and shed out the fat. That is what I can suggest.
Muddur Vada can be served as starter, party time, ladies kitty/tea party and you can have them as snack. Shelf life will only a day. (Fresh and fine).
Let us see the recipe Now :

Things Needed :

Rava/Semolina : 1 Cup (Medium sized)
Rice flour : 1/2 Cup
Wheat flour : 2 Tablespoon
Onions : 2 (Medium sized)
Green Chilly : 2 to 3 or more
Cumin Seeds/Jeerige : 1 Teaspoon
Salt : As required
Curry leaves : One Handful
Oil : 1 Cup (To fry)

Method :

1. Put all the flours (Wheat, Rice and Rava/Semolina) in a big bowl.
2. Remove the outer layer of onions and wash it. Cut into small pieces
3. Wash and cut green chilly and curry leaves in to small.
4. Mix all the ingredients nicely. (All flours, salt, chilly, cut onions and jeera).
5. Keep a pan and heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and heat. Put this oil on the top of the flours.

6. Mix it slowly and add required water and prepare thick dough.
7. Divide the dough into small ball size.

8. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Add oil. Let the oil get heated. (On low flame).
9. Take a small size dough and pat it on the palm and let it be palm size.

10. Put slowly the vada you have patted on the palm. Let it fry on low and medium flame.
11. Cook on both sides and remove from the oil. Put them on the kitchen tissue.

12. Repeat the same with remaining dough and prepare Maddur Vadas.

 13. Serve Hot Maddur Vadas with a cup of coffee/Tea/Fresh Juice.
14. Hot Vadas goes well with coconut chutney.

Note :

Let the dough be bit thick. Add rice flour if necessary. Adding more chilly is optional. Adding hot oil is optional. You can add butter instead of hot oil.
Time : 30 minutes
Serves : According to your servings : 20 Vadas can be prepared.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Nippattu (Rice Crispy)

Nippatu is one of the rice crisp/fritter. We can have them with Coffee/Tea. It is one of the favourite snack of me. I love fried dish very much and love to prepare fried snack at least once a week.

Nippattu is one of the famous dish of Karnataka/India and now a days it is world famous I can say.Crispy, yummy and crunchy Nippatu goes well with lunch. It takes the place of Papad or as evening snack. Remember that you eat very less not tummy full. You don't have to be very cautious if you do exercise/walking/cycling or any other exercise. Drinking a glass of hot water/coffee/tea helps the digestion easy when eat fried snack. Make sure you use good cooking oil and do not use the oil again for frying.
Let us see Nippattu  Recipe Now:

Things needed :

Rice powder : 2 Cups
Rava/Semolina : 1/4 Cup
Maida/All purpose flour : 1/2 Cup
Groundnuts : 1 Tablespoon
Roasted Chenna : 2 Tablespoons
Chilly Powder : 2 Teaspoons
Sesame Seeds : 2 Tablespoons
Salt : Required salt
Oil : To Fry

Method :

1. Put rice powder, maida, rava in a big bowl.
2. Add chilly powder, jeera and sesame seeds. Add salt. Mix it well. (Dry).
3. Dry roast ground nuts and remove its outer skin and dry grind it into rava consistency.
4. Dry grind roasted chenna/putani/hurikadale/pottu kadale into powder.
5. Add powdered chenna and ground nuts to flour mixture.


6. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and let it get hot.
7. Add this hot oil to flour mixture and mix it nicely. Leave it for 2 minutes.
8. Add required water and prepare dough. (Consistency should be thicker than chapati dough).


9. Divide the dough into small portion. Roll them as flat. Or pat them in your palm make small poori.

10. Keep a pan on the fire, put oil and heat. Fry rolled/patted nippattu in the hot oil .(Both sides)
11. Remove from the oil and put on a kitchen towel/tissue. Shift them to a tray/plate.

12. Repeat the same and prepare the remaining nippattu.
Note :
Take care while adding water to prepare the dough. (Add rice flour if it turns bit loose).
Fry them on medium and low flame,. It turns crispy.
Adding any other spice to nippatu is optional. Do not add much oil while preparing the dough.
Do not powder the ground nuts. Do not add much groundnuts. It absorbs more oil.
Time : 30 to 40 minutes
Serves : 15 to 20 Small  nippattu can be prepared. (According to the size).

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Spicy Maida Diamond Cuts

Deepavali ..Deepavali...Festival of lights and loads of yummy food to go with the festival.
Time to share and care, spread happiness around you. That should be the message this Deepavali.
I have prepared some diamond cuts, shank  pole the spicy ones. I do not know why it got this name. Diamond cuts are ok because of its shape. but shank pole, I am still thinking. Anyways these diamond cuts are very easy to prepare and goes well with coffee or tea or juice what ever it is, it is a yummy munch.
I have used Maida, chilly powder, salt, jeera and oil.
Lets see the recipe Now : As I said it is an easy and yummy crunchy snack.

Things Needed :

Maida (All Purpose flour) : 2 Cups
Chilly Powder : 2 Teaspoons
Jeera/Cumin Seeds : 1 Teaspoon
Salt : As required
Water : Required water
Oil : 1 Cup

Method :

1. Put maida in a big bowl. Add salt, chilly powder, jeera and mix it well.
2. Keep a small pan on the fire and heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and heat for 2 minutes.
3. Put the hot oil on the dry flour and let it cool. Mix it nicely and add little water and prepare the dough.

4. Divide the dough into small portion. Take a small portion and kneed it well.
5. Now roll the small portion dough as thin chapati. Take a knife and prick on the rolled chapati.

6. Cut that like a diamond shape. (big/small). Remove the pieces and put it on a plate/tray.
7. Keep a frying pan on the fire. Heat and put oil to fry. Let it get hot.
8. Put cut diamond cuts in hot oil and fry them on low and medium flame.


9. Fry on both sides till they turn slightly brown and remove them from oil and put them on the kitchen tissue. So that extra oil will be absorbed by the tissue.

10.Repeat the same with remaining dough and prepare crispy diamond cuts.

Note :

Do not add much water, the dough might turn watery, very soft and absorbs more oil. Do not add more hot oil for the flour. Diamond cuts might curdle in oil. (turns powder and spoils the whole oil).
A butter can be added instead of hot oil. (just 1 tablespoon). Adding jeera/ any spice is optional.
Time : 30 Minutes
Serves : As you serve or use.

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