Wednesday, March 21, 2007

CHAKEL ( A pancake)


Ingredients :

1cup white broken biri dal
2 cups rice
Salt as per taste
Oil for making the chakel.

Method :
Soak the biri dal and rice separately for 4-5 hours.Grind them separately.Add salt according to taste and whisk them properly.Then mix both the grinded stuffs and whisk again and set aside to ferment.In summer it takes less time to ferment than in winter.In winter leaving the chakel batter near a stove or heater helps in the fermentation.Then just like making dosa heat a non-stick tawa .Put a spoonful of batter .Spread it over the tawa .Pour oil to the sides.Turn it over and fry the other side too.Serve it hot with chutney,pickles or any curry of your choice.This is eaten as a snack in Kalahandi in the morning or in the evening.But this can also be eaten during lunch or dinner.It's not only healthy but aslo very filling.Try this and relish it.

Contributed by : Mrs.Nandika Mishra, Tokyo, Japan.

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