Chekkalu Recipe | Pappu Chekkalu Recipe | Andhra Style Thattai Recipe
Pappu Chekkalu is andhra style thattai made using rice flour.
Servings 15
Ingredients
- Rice Flour 1 cup
- Chana Dal 1-2 tbsp
- Butter 1 tbsp
- Salt as required
- Ginger Garlic paste 2 tsp
- Red chilli powder ½ tsp
- Cumin seeds ½ tsp
- Curry leaves handful finely chopped
- Water ⅓ cup or as required
Instructions
- Soak chana dal for 30 minutes.
- Take rice flour, salt, red chilli powder, cumin seeds, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves and chana dal in a bowl.
- Mix it nicely
- Boil water and butter together.
- Add butter water to dough and mix with spatula.
- Knead to smooth dough.
- Take small ball of dough and flatten it in parchment paper with your hands. Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
- Heat oil and fry the prepared thattai in batches of 4-5.
- Fry them till golden and drain them in tissue.
- Allow it to cool down and transfer to air tight container.
- Enjoy them as evening snacks.
Notes
You can use moong dal or peanuts instead of chana dal.
You can prick it with fork to avoid fluffing up. But adding chana dal will prevent it