Rice Flour - 1 cup
Curry leaves - a few
Chana Dal - 4 tbsp (soaked)
Onions - 1/4 cup finely chopped
green chillies - 2-3 depending on the spice level finely chopped
cumin - 1 tbsp
salt - as needed
Boil some water separately. To the rice flour add salt, onions, cumin, chana dal, curry leaves and mix. To this add the hot water slowly and mix it with a spoon. Add enough water to make a dough. The consistency should be of that of chapati dough, make sure you don't add too much water. After mixing with the spoon and after the mixture is cooled a bit to handle, mix with hand to make a smooth dough.
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Take a ziploc bag and then oil your hands and also the bag. Make small dough balls and press it on the ziploc bag with your fingers to form a flat patty about 1/4 inch thick. Too thick and you will not be able to cook it thoroughly too thin you will brown it too soon.
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Heat oil in a pan to deep fry these patties. Slowly drop these into the hot oil and wait until the bubbles subside and then turn the chekkalu.
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Once they are golden brown, remove and enjoy!!!!
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It brought back sweet memories from my childhood and hope it will bring back yours too.
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