Chikida

This very popular sweet dish is known in different names in different places. Cheeda and Kaliyadukka are some of the common names. It’s made in sweet and salt variants. Cheeda is very often made as a part of festivals and auspicious occasions at home in south India. Here is the recipe of this very traditional snack.

Ingredients for Chikida:

1. Puzhukkalari (Boiled rice) – 2 cups

2. Urud daal fried and powdered – 2 big spoons

3. Cumin seeds -1 small spoon

    Shallots – 5

    Coconut – 1 cup, scrapped

4. Salt – As needed

5. Oil – For deep frying

How to prepare Chikida?

1. Soak rice in water for 4 hours.

2. Grind rice to a fine batter adding sufficient water.

3. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 3.

4. Add this coconut paste to rice batter.

5. Mix fried urud daal powder with it and add sufficient salt too.

6. Batter should be enough to make small balls from it.

7. Make gooseberry sized balls from the mixture and deep fry in hot oil.

8. Fry till golden brown.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine August 1-14, 2017

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