Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Chalimidi Recipe is a Andhra naivedhyam made with simple everyday ingredients in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 1 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 9
- Category: Naivedhyam
- Cuisine: Andhra
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup rice flour ((fine flour))
- ¾ to 1 cup jaggery (powdered or grated or powdered sugar)
- 1 to 2 tbsp Water ((refer notes))
Method
how to make chalimidi
- For homemade flour, you need no water. Just knead damp flour and jaggery for 2 mins and set aside. It will begin to release moisture after 5 mins or so. If not just moisten your palm and knead the flour to get a smooth ball. Chalimidi is ready.
- For store bought flour, knead flour& jaggery with 1 to 2 tbsps water. Knead till you get smooth dough.
Making chalimidi undrallu
- Grease your palms if needed, make 9 undrallu and set aside
- Make a round ball with the left over chalimidi and set it aside with vada pappu.
- Though it is made of the same dough, It is counted as 2 naivedhyam dishes when you offer to Lord Ganesha. This recipe is a good stand by, if you are trying to offer a particular number of dishes like 5, 7 or 9 for naivedhyam.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
