Baked Chakli - Easy Indian Snack
Baked Chakli is a crispy and savory Indian snack recipe prepared using rice flour and aromatic spices. Serve it as an evening snack with Indian chai tea or filter coffee.
Servings: 30 bite size chaklis
Calories: 5kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Rice flour
- 1 teaspoon Red chile powder Cayenne powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 to 3 teaspoon Sesame seeds
- Pinch of Asafoetida Hing
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- 2 teaspoon Oil butter
- ¼ cup Yogurt curds or dahi
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- Pepper powder to taste (optional)
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C. Line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a greased baking pan and keep it aside.
- Add flour, chile powder, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, hing, turmeric, oil, salt and mix well. Add yogurt and mix.1 Rice flour, 1 tsp Red chile powder, 1 tsp Cumin seeds, 2 to 3 tsp Sesame seeds, Pinch of Asafoetida, ¼ tsp Turmeric powder, 2 tsp Oil, ¼ cup Yogurt, ½ tsp Salt, Pepper powder
- Add water in tablespoon increments and knead to form a semi-soft dough.
Baked chakli
- Grease the chakli mold and the star-shaped plate with oil.
- Fill the chakli mold with the prepared dough and gently press, moving from the center towards the outside, to form a spiral-shaped chakli of the desired size on parchment paper.
- If you find it difficult to shape, make sticks from it.
- Bake the chakli for 12 to 15 minutes. Then flip and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes or until it becomes crispy.
- Cool it and store it in an airtight container. It will remain fresh for at least 15 days.
Notes
- Vary the spices as per your taste.
- You can also add minced garlic cloves if desired.
- For deep-fried chakli, check out our recipe for instant rice chakli.
- If the chaklis break while shaping, it means there is less moisture content. Take the dough out, add some more water, knead, and form the chaklis again.
- The baking time may vary depending on the type of oven and temperature. So start watching it a little earlier than the mentioned time to prevent it from burning.
- Chakli press is available in steel, wooden, and brass form in any Indian stores in the USA or UK. You can also make this with star shaped piping nozzles.
- Adding more oil while baking will make your chaklis soft.
Nutrition
Calories: 5kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.2g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 41mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 21IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.1mg