Pappu Chekkalu Andhra Style Spiced Rice Cracker
Popular Andhra Pradesh snack with curry leaves, rice flour, peanuts. Moderately spiced with balanced flavours. About 324 calories per serving.
Ingredients
Main
- Ginger — 1 piece (grated)
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Peanuts — 2 tbsp (roasted)
- Rice Flour (Fine Steamed - South Grade) — 1 cup (ground)
- Sunflower Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- green chillies — 2 piece (chopped)
Tempering
- Chana Dal — 2 tbsp (soaked)
- Curry Leaves — 10 piece (chopped)
Method
- To begin making the Pappu Chekkalu Recipe (Andhra Style Spiced Rice Cracker), first get all the ingredients ready.
- In a pestle and mortar, pound the ginger and green chilies to make a paste.In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and the above green chili and ginger paste along with the 2 tablespoons of oil.
- Make a coarse mixture of the rice flour dough.
- Add little water at a time and knead to make firm dough.
- The dough should be such that when u take a portion of the dough in our hands and hold it together and flatten it, it should hold its shape.
- Cover the dough with a damp cloth and allow it to rest until we heat the oil for deep frying.Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan for deep frying.Grease your palms and fingers with little oil, take small portions of the dough and flatten it with your fingers to make a disc.
- Deep fry these discs (Chekkalu) in the preheated oil on medium heat until it it is golden brown and crisp.Once done, remove from the oil and drain on paper towels.
- Once it cools down, store in airtight containers and serve when required.Serve the Pappu Chekkalu as a tea time evening snack along with a cup of coffee or make it for festivals like diwali.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Pappu Chekkalu Andhra Style Spiced Rice Cracker?
- 178 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 60 min — 30 min prep, 30 min cooking.
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