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Chekkalu / Spicy Rice Crackers

**** NOTE : Chekkalu from SITARA FOODS being made using butter are very soft and brittle and there is a chance of them breaking into pieces during the transit and handling by our courier partners. So, Please be noted of the same.

Why to Buy From SITARA, Where we believe good food is human right.

• Home Made & Hand Made
• No Preservatives and No Added Colours
• Premium Quality Ingredients used
• Free Shipping
• Helping Farmers: All ingredients are sourced from local farmers with better prices than market
• Women Rural Employment: All our pickle making units employ local women from near by villages, providing rural women employment.

         A festival snack that is never missed in all cultures and traditions in India is called Chekkalu in Telugu or Thattai in Tamil.  It is also a compulsory rice cracker in South India for Gokulashtami or Krishna Jayanthi and Diwali. A recipe that is favored a positive vote from all Indians is this Chekkalu which is made using chana dal, rice, green chilies, butter and curry leaves.  Their crispiness is incomparable with any other traditional snacks for your tea in the evenings.  It is unbeatable festive season highlight of all families.

When to serve Chekkalu?

         It is a crunchy, munchy, delicious appetizer which has all time lovers.  But there are specific occasions when you can’t miss serving this.

·      An additive snack of the evening tea time in offices as well as homes.

·      A best accompaniment with your meal instead of vadiyalus / vathal / vadakam / papad when you are running out of stock.

·      A cracker game player in the mouth of all your kids to see who makes the highest noise while eating.  Do you remember playing like this when you were a child?

·      When you travel alone or with friends this gives a good company to keep you in touch with Indian food.

·      It is moreover an entertainment snack for kids in the late evenings when they unusually feel hungry after playing.

·      Break butter chekkalus and add to puffed rice and groundnuts, pour a little rasam or sambar or sauce and make the perfect South Indian Bhel Puri.

         Are you a creative person?  Come out with more ideas because we all need one reason to eat chekkalu, isn’t it?  Its taste draws our hearts towards it like a magnet.

Our other snack delicacies such as Sugar Free Ragi Laddu/Finger Millet Laddu, Vundalu, Sajja Vadalu and Nannari Juice Concentrate can be ordered online at Sitara Foods.

Making of Chekkalu:

         Add salt, rice flour butter and other ingredients like curry leaves groundnuts (skin removed) and mix with either hot water or cold water and bring it to a thick dough consistency where it can be made into balls and then flattened into discs to be fried in oil and made into yummy crispy chekkalus.  We have experts to make this the best way.  Our chefs are home makers who have hands on experience with such items for more than 15 to 20 years.  Order Online from Sitara for a fresh pack of chekkalu and enjoy with your friends and family.

Indian traditional meanings:

         Anything in a snack form is usually made and offered to the lord and then only given to people in the family.  This is done to add all positive energy to the food that is being served.  Each snack was made with a meaning by our ancestors.  These rice crackers are an appetizer which helps you to keep your body feel light even after consumption of a little more out of wish.  This is because of the amount of butter (being the favorite of Lord Krishna) added to it that makes it do the job of appetizing the tummies of foodies.  Buy online by adding to cart a pack of rice crackers to see how it works for you.

For whom is this Chekkalu meant for:

         Are you staying away from home for any trip or job reasons, just feel at home with only a few items stored at your sides like in your home shelf?  Easy, isn’t it?  The awesomeness of food will always make you feel happy and confident to continue with your regular jobs.  If that is not there the daily chores only becomes tougher.

         If you are a career oriented person and have very less time to spend on cooking but still prefer traditional and conventional food for your near and dear ones then the only option is to look for people who can deliver it at your doorstep.  Not only deliver it at your homes but also prepare it in the right way without any additives or preservatives added to it with 33 years of culinary experience.  Purchase online to re-taste the authentic dishes of India like chekkalu, minapa vadiyalu, sajja vadalu and many more like nethi ariselu, palakova, minapa sunnundalu etc.

         Are you a house wife struggling to attain perfection in the making of hereditary food or a working woman trying to strike a balance between work and home for any special festival occasion?  Just relax and purchase online from Sitara to make your festival even grand.