Name: Jantikullu recipe by Affaf Ali at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Rice flour 1 cup; Gram flour/ besan 1 cup; Carom /ajwain seeds 1/2 tbsp; Chilly powder 1/4 to 1/2 tsp; Asafoetida/hing 2 generous pinches; Oil 2 tbsp; Water 3/4 th cup approximately; Salt according to taste.

ABOUT Jantikullu RECIPE

A popular savory snack from South India. My sisters signature dish In her words An extremely easy and ready to make snack with readily available flours at home. Shapes are free flowing and hardly requires much time to prepare. Recommended for Beginners.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Rice flour 1 cup
Gram flour/ besan 1 cup
Carom /ajwain seeds 1/2 tbsp
Chilly powder 1/4 to 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida/hing 2 generous pinches
Oil 2 tbsp
Water 3/4 th cup approximately
Salt according to taste.

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl measure and sieve rice flour and besan. Add chilly powder, hing, salt and ajwain. Mix well.
Add hot oil. Give this a nice mix. Add water little by little. Make a soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20minutes.
Heat sufficient oil for deep frying Jantikulu in a wide kadai. Use a chakli maker with 3hole plate. Take a portion of dough and fill the chakli maker. Press to check if the dough is smooth and comes out easily. If not add little water and mix well.
Press the dough in circular motion in oil directly moving from outer end to centre. This will look like a single large chakli (refer pic). Fry till golden colour on one side then flip and fry other side.
Transfer on kitchen paper. After cooling, store in an airtight container as it is. While serving, it can be broken into small pieces.

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