Chekkalu

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Water - ~3/4th cup
3. Green chillies/dry Red Chillies - 2
4. Salt - as required
5. Cumin seeds - 1 table spoon
6. Moong dal + Chana dal (soak in water for an hour and roughly grinded) - 2 tsp
7. Butter - 2 tsp 
8. Curry leaves - 1 stem 
9. Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. Bring water to boil.
2. Grind the chillies, curry leaves and cumin seeds in a mixer along with salt.
3. Add the above paste, butter, and chana, moong dals mixture to rice flour. Combine well with boiled water.  Check for salt/chilly taste, can add more if required. Cool this dough completely.
4. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan for deep frying.
5. Place the round ball (smaller than a lemon) size of the dough on an oil coated plastic sheet and  with hand make a 2″ circle and make a small hole in centre.
6. Peel the round shaped chekkalu off the plastic sheet and  fry in hot oil. Reduce flame to medium and deep fry the chekkalu till golden brown.
7. Place the fried chekkalu onto an absorbent paper and cool.
8. Cool completely and store in an air tight container.