Ingredients

  • 3 cups wheat flour
  • 1 tsp of ginger and chilly paste
  • 1 tsp of sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp chilly powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • yoghurt (dahi) to knead the flour
  • salt to taste

Directions

  1. Take the flour in a muslin cloth, gather the cloth from all corners and tie a knot with one end making it a potli.
  2. Pressure cook it till 4 to 5 whistles, making sure water doesnt touch the flour or cloth.
  3. When done, open the cooker and take out the cloth (potli) of flour and let it cool for sometime.
  4. Open the cloth and break open the ball of flour in a large bowl till the flour has no crumples.
  5. Add sesame seeds, ginger chilly paste, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and knead the flour with yoghurt.
  6. Make chakalis.
Tip : Knead the flour with sour yoghurt to get that sour taste in chakalis.