Nifty Hands
Lakshmi’s Domain

 

 

INGREDIENTS

• Rice Flour - 3 cups
• Besan - 1 cup
• Vamu / ajwain  - 1 tbsp
• Salt - 1 tbsp
• Redchilli powder - 11/2 tsp
• Oil for deep frying
• Butter - 1 cup

PREPARATION

          

   

•  Mix rice flour , besan ,vamu , salt and redchilli powder and butter .
• Mix thoroughly and add hot water and make a dough as shown.
• It should be semi solid not too hard not too soft.
• Heat oil and once it is hot , transfer a small ball of dough into the chatram .
• Now press the dough and make patterns in oil carefully .
• See that you dont spill hot oil on.
• Once done with the dough , turn the janthikalu on both sides to check that they are fried well.
• Fry them to golden red and put them on paper so that extra oil is absorbed .
• Serve hot and transfer into air tight container to maintain the crispyness.

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