This is a crispy spiral shaped fried Indian snack. It has several names in India, known as Chakari in Gujarat, Murukku in southern India and Chakali in Maharashtra.

Here is a recipe of this very popular Indian snack – Chakri. 

Ingredients:

• ½ kg rice flour
• 1/4^th cup fresh cream
• 1/4^th teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4^th teaspoon sesame (Tal) seeds
• ½ teaspoon green chilly powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 teaspoon sour curd
• Oil to fry

Process:

• In a large steel bowl, mix all the above ingredients except oil.
• Knead the ingredients by making a dough by adding a little water (as required).
• Make a soft dough.
• Put the dough in Sev maker machine with Chakri nozzle.
• Carefully spiral the Sev maker for 3 to 4 rounds for each piece.

• Take thick frying pan.
• Add oil in the frying pan heat it with a fast stove.
• Slowly & carefully add the raw Chakri pieces in the frying pan.
• Bring the stove speed to the medium level.(See the featured picture)
• Fry till Chakri becomes pink.
• Take out the Chakari from the frying pan with the help of frying sieve

Keep the Chakri open in a dish for a while and then store it in air tight container after it cools down. It can remain good for up to 2 weeks.

This is a snack item and can be consumed with evening tea, can be carried on a picnic or while travelling.

Health warning: Sometimes if not made properly it can become so hard that it can break your teeth too !!

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