Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, palak chakli recipe | palak murukku recipe | spinach murukku is a vegetarian south indian snacks made with rice flour, besan / gram flour, and roasted chana dal / roasted bengal gram / putani in about 40 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: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 30 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice flour
- ½ cup besan / gram flour
- 2 tbsp roasted chana dal / roasted bengal gram / putani (powdered)
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp butter (room temperature)
- ¼ cup water (or as required to knead)
- oil for deep frying
for palak puree:
- handful of palak / spinach leaves
- 2 green chilli
- ¼ cup water
Method
- firstly, prepare the palak puree by blending handful of palak, 2 green chilli and ¼ cup water.
- blend to smooth paste and keep aside.
- now in a large mixing bowl, take 2 cups rice flour, ½ cup besan, 2 tbsp powdered putani, ½ tsp jeera, pinch of hing, salt to taste and 1 tsp butter.
- combine all the ingredients well, making sure to mash butter.
- now add prepared palak puree and mix well.
- additionally water as required and knead dough to smooth and soft dough.
- now take star mold and prepare small spiral shaped chaklis by pressing.
- take one palak chakli at time and slide it into hot oil.
- flip the chakli and fry on medium flame till they turn crispy from both sides.
- furthermore, drain over a paper towel to remove excess oil.
- finally serve crispy and healthy palak chakli with masala tea or masala milk.
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.
