Sakinalu (Sankranthi Spl)

                      
Sakinalu are the traditional snacks made in Telangana Region of Andhra pradesh for sankrathi festival.They are made of rice flour and sesame seeds. 

Ingredients:

Raw Rice (4 cups) or Rice flour (2 Lb)
Ajwain seeds(Oma) (25gms)
Sesame seeds(Nuvvulu) (100gms)
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Preparation:

• Soak the rice with enough water for about 4-5 hrs,drain the water let the rice dry.
• When the rice is dried grind the rice in a grinder till it becomes fine powder.
• To Skip the first two steps you can buy Rice flour (ERAWAN BRAND,its a product of Thailand) from any Korean stores(Lotte Plaza,H-Mart)in US.
• Dry roast the sesame seeds lightly on a low flame and let them cool down.
• In a large dish add the rice flour,salt to taste,Sesame seeds,Ajwain and mix altogether.
• Now add water slowly to get proper consistence to the dough.
• The dough should be soft enough to spin neatly without sticking to your fingers.
• Take a bowl of water and dip your hands,take small quantity of the dough in hand and make circles with thin lines on a white cloth so that the cloth absorb the water in the flour and when sakinalu are deep fried in oil it will not absorb much oil.

                         

•  Repeat this process to make all the sakinalu and let them dry.

•  Now heat a frying pan with oil to deep fry.
• Take the sakinalu slowly with help of a flat plate and fry them in the oil till light brown in colour.
• This snack is long lasting will last for a month or two when it is stored in an air tight container.

*If you don't have flat plate take a paper plate and cut the edges in round shape and its ready to use as flat plate to remove the sakinalu.