Chekkalu

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 2 cups
• Chopped onion - 1 small
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Green chillies - 2
• Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Channa dal - 4 tsp
• Saggu biyyam (Sabudana) - 2 tsp
• Sesame seeds - 2 tsp
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Soak channa dal and sabudana for 1 hour separately and drain the water
• Grind green chillies into a fine paste
• Mix all the above ingredients but oil and make thick dough by adding water
• Take a plastic sheet and apply little oil on it
• Make small round balls of the dough and press on a greased plastic sheet with your fingers to make small round sized puris
• Heat Oil in a deep frying pan. When the oil is hot, fry these flattened pieces in batches until crispy golden brown
• After frying them place on a tissue paper to absorb excess oil
• Store in an air tight container