Potato Chakli/Murukku

Today is a big day for us. 4 years of sharing, romance, companionship & friendship. I made Bisibele bath as the main dish & as we were longing to eat something crispy, I made potato chaklis. We are going to enjoy them during the festival as well. :)

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Ingredients: -

1 1/2 cups potatoes, boiled & mashed

3 cups Maida

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 tsp sesame seeds

2 tbsp Butter

2 tsp red chili powder

Salt

Oil for deep frying

Method: -

1. Boil the potatoes & mash them without forming lumps.

2. Tie maida in a thin cheese cloth like a bundle.

3. Steam the maida bundle for half an hour. I used a steamer. If steaming in a pressure cooker, keep the bundle in the cooker container & steam without putting the weight.

4. After steaming, when it is still warm, crush the maida in the muslin cloth itself & then sieve the flour.

5. Mix the flour with mashed potatoes along with red chili powder, salt, butter, roasted cumin & sesame seeds.

6. Add very little water & make a smooth thick dough.

7. Put the two stared dick in the chakli maker. I applied butter inside the outer press & outside the inside press.

8. Take hand full at a time & put it in chakli press. Keep the rest of the dough covered in a damp cloth.

9. Squeeze out & prepare small spirals on a butter paper.

10. Drop one after another in hot oil. Deep fry on both sides till they turn slightly light brown.

11. Remove from oil & drain out excess oil on a colander.