Sorakaya Chakkalu | Anapakaya Chakkalu | Bottle Gourd Snack
Recipe prepared by Smt Mani Kumari
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
This evening snack, sorakaya chakkalu is prepared with bottle gourd and rice flour. It is very crispy outside and smooth inside. Mrs.Mani prepared this variety snack for us. Here are the step by step instructions.
Soaking time: 3 hours
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Yield: 10 -15 Chakkalu
Main ingredients: Rice flour and bottle gourd
1 bowl measurement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Rice flour: 2 bowls
Bottle gourd (sorakaya)
Onion (ullipaya): 1 big
Green chillies (pachi mirapa): 4-5, Ginger (allam): 1-2 inches
Bengal gram (senagapappu): 4 tbsp
Mint leaves (pudina) and coriander leaves (kothimeera): Few
Curry leaves (karivepaku): Few
Cumin seeds (jeelakarra): 1 tbsp
Salt (uppu): 2 tbsp or as per taste
Oil (nune): To fry
Cooking butter (venna): Lemon size
Procedure
Soak bengal gram for 3 hours and strain the water from it
Step 1: Peel and grate the bottle gourd without seeds (1/2 bowl)
Step 2: Chop the onion
Step 3: Blend ginger, green chillies and chopped onion into paste
Step 4: Boil 1 & 1/2 bowl water
Step 5: In a mixing bowl add rice flour, butter, soaked bengal gram, ginger-chilly-onion paste, grated bottle gourd, cumin seeds, mint leaves, coriander leaves, curry leaves and 1 & 1/2 tbsp salt
Step 6: Add boiling water to the bowl and mix it with spatula (garita)
When it cools down a bit, Mix it with hand, the dough should be thick (neither loose nor hard)
Step 7: Heat little oil to fry chakkalu
Step 8: Now make flat round shaped dough with hand
Step 9: Now fry the dough both the sides in medium flame till golden brown colour
Hot and tasty evening snack sorakaya chakkalu are ready to serve :)
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