Since I am trying to avoid deep frying, I am making different snacks by baking. I am thankful for this wonderful kitchen gadget – ” oven”, to help me out in baking. I had earlier shared different recipes for making baked puris/ cracker. I had tried out different recipes for making baked chaklis. Some recipe had used less oil while other used curd for making it but the chaklis were a little hard and did not come out crispy. I have shared with you the recipe for making chakli using fresh cream or homemade malai. I had deep fried them. So now with the same ingredients, I have tried making baked chakli. The procedure remains the same except that instead of deep frying the chaklis I have baked them. The chaklis came out very well. They were crispy and had the same taste. My son loved it and was very happy to enjoy his favorite snack.
So friends enjoy baking the chakli for your loved ones and please share your feedback with me.
Baked Chakli
Ingredients
- 2 cup rice flour
- 7 tbsp fresh cream or homemade malai
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp red chili powder
- 2 tsp cumin powder jeera powder, roasted
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida hing
- salt as per taste
- water for kneading
- 1 tsp oil for brushing
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add cream, oil, turmeric powder, red chili powder, roasted cumin powder, sesame seeds, asafoetida.
- Mix them all together and then add rice flour and salt.
- Mix well with fingertips till crumb like mixture is formed.
- Knead into a smooth dough with light hands by gradually adding water to it.
- The dough should be soft, smooth and moist. I have covered and kept aside for 20 minutes. cover with a damp cloth.
- Grease nicely the chakli machine and put the star shape blade into it. I have the normal original machine. U can use other types u have.
- Now make two balls from the kneaded dough. Roll into a log shape and then put it into the chakli pressing machine.
- Close the machine.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper. Take the chakli press machine and start making chakli from center and press into a spiral shape in 3-4 rounds and then cut them and join the last round as shown in the picture. These will come out properly with practice. Brush them with oil.
- Bake in the preheated oven @ 180 C for 20-25 minutes or till golden. (The chakli got vanished before taking pictures. The next batch is still in the baking process).
- Let the chakli cool down. The chaklis are ready to serve. You can store them in the airtight container for 15 days and enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.
- The chaklis are looking so crisp.
Snack time!!
I tried this n it turned out to b awesome
Thank you so much!!
Great share!
Thank you so much!!
Seems interesting. I will definately try
Thank you so much Gauri and they can be enjoyed guilt free!!
Can we use butter instead of home made cream?
Yes you can use butter. Be careful of adding salt if using salted butter.
I am certainly going to try this, however my traditional fried chalking recipe call for yoghurt instead of cream. Do you think it will work in this too. Ps guidw
Hi
Thank you for going through the recipe. Cream gives chakli a crispy texture when baked. You can use yogurt and oil mixture or yogurt and cream mixture to make the chakli. But the chakli with cream will be more crisp. Happy cooking and i am waiting for your feedback!!
I tired baking it but my tasted like powder.
What went wrong I did not understand?
Hi Nidhi
The chakli dough if does not have enough moisture will result in dry chakli. So add a tsp of more water to knead into semi soft dough. Even if the chakli is baked too much it will become dry. So check while baking them. Happy cooking !!
Do we need to flip the chakli after 15 min of baking on one side.. Or bake it for 20-25 min straight
Hi Preeti
Thank you for going through the recipe. I have baked the chakli without flipping. It also depends on the heat from the oven. So if you have time it is better to flip them after 10 minutes.