…t spirals. Take small portions of dough, roll into a cylinder and fill the chakli mould / chakli press. Follow the instructions to draw out the dough into spirals and place on a cookie tray or plate. Form chaklis until all the dough is used up. Deep fry the moong dal chaklis in medium hot oil. Fry the chaklis in batches. Do not over crowd. Adjust heat if needed. Fry on both sides, flipping occasionally and basting with hot oil. Fry all the chaklis…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
…gulab jamun, jalebis, assorted barfis /burfis, neuris, karanjis, murukkus, chakli, assorted fruits and above all the favorite sweet of Ganapati Bappa… Ukadiche Modak. You won’t believe this! Each household would bring modaks to distribute as prasad on the day assigned for it. We had many neighbors who celebrated and I was so lucky to get to enjoy and relish this beautiful sweet modak prepared with their special touch. Well, today all this communit…
…the rice flour with the roasted besan & all the above mentioned spices, unsalted butter & salt to taste. Add sufficient water & knead to a firm dough. Heat a wok/kadhai with sufficient oil for deep frying till hot. Take small quantities of the prepared dough & put it into a chakli/murukku mould & press either into spirals or strands into the hot oil. Fry the murukkus on both sides till cooked & lightly golden. Drain complet…