Pappu Chekkalu is a traditional South Indian Snack, a must for every festival. The recipe is also referred to as Appalu, Nippatu, and Thattai as well. A crispy, crunchy, and flavourful savory.#PappuChekkalu #GoldDropIndia #Sankranti2021 #GoldenSankranti #GoldDropXHyderabadiRuchulu #HyderabadiRuchuluMethod of preparation• Take 1/2 a kg rice flour in a mixing bowl and keep it aside.• In a mixie jar, add 1 medium-sized diced onion, 5-6 green chillies, 1/2 a tsp of cumin seeds, a handful of coriander leaves, 5-6 garlic cloves. Grind them into a fine paste.• To the rice flour, add 1/2 a tsp of carom seeds, 2 tsps of sesame seeds, 2 tbsps of chana dal (soaked for an hour), 2 tbsps of green dal (soaked for an hour), 2 tbsps of sabudana, 2 tbsps of finely chopped curry leaves and mint leaves each. You can also add 2 tbsps of spring onions (Adding it is optional).• Add the ground paste from the mixer grinder to this bowl. Mix the ingredients well.• Add 1.5 tsp salt, 2 tbsps of hot ghee/oil and give the mixture a light mix.• Add 1 cup hot water to the mixture and give it a light mix again.• Now knead the mixture with your hand to form a smooth dough and make lemon-sized balls out of the dough.• If you have a poori press machine, take two pieces of butter paper and apply oil on them. Place a dough ball between the butter paper and place it in the poori press machine. Then press the ball to form a thin poori.• Let the pooris rest on a cotton cloth for a while.• If you don't wish to use a poori press machine, you can apply some oil on a piece of butter paper and gently pat the dough balls on it to form thin pooris.• You can also pat the dough balls directly on a cotton cloth. Grease your hands with oil/water before patting the dough balls.• Heat Gold Drop Refined Sunflower Oil in a pan for deep frying the pooris. Make sure the oil is hot enough to fry the pooris.• Fry the pooris on a medium flame in batches. Flip the pooris to fry them on the other side.• Fry them until light brown and crisp. Try this recipe and relish it with your loved ones.
