Curd Jantikalu Recipe - Crispy Curd Snacks

Curd Jantikalu is a famous crispy snack which is very popular in South India. It is made with rice flour, all purpose flour, curd and flavoured with carom seeds. Serve Curd Jantikalu as a tea time snack or an after school snack for kids.

Curd Jantikalu Recipe - Crispy Curd Snacks
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Curd Jantikalu is a famous snack which is very popular in South India. It is another alternative tasty snacks prepared by adding curd. These can be prepared very easily in no time with basic available ingredients.

A special mold called the janthikalu press or the sevai maker machine is required to make the Jantikalu. They can be stored in an airtight container up to a few days and make a great travel snack or an after school  snack. 

Serve Curd Jantikalu along with hot Masala chai and Linzer cookies for your tea time break.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Tea time snacks such as

  1. Papdi Recipe
  2. Baked Chevdo Recipe
  3. Kodubale Recipe

Course: Snack
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

30 M

Makes:

3 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rice flour
  • 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
  • 3/4 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
  • 3 tablespoons Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
  • 1 teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
  • Red Chilli powder , as per taste
  • Salt , to taste
  • 1/4 cup Butter (Salted)
  • Oil , as required
  • Water , as required

How to make Curd Jantikalu Recipe - Crispy Curd Snacks

  1. To begin making the Curd Jantikalu recipe, take a bowl and add rice flour and all purpose flour in a bowl.

  2. Add red chilli powder, sesame seeds, carom seeds and salt. Mix everything together.

  3. Add melted butter and mix all dry ingredients together.

  4. Now take 3/4 cup of curd and add it slowly and mix. At last add little water if needed and make a soft dough.

  5. Take janthikalu press (sevai maker machine) and grease it with oil. Use disc with large holes.

  6. Now take the dough and fill 3/4 of janthikalu and press it to get the desired shape.

  7. Meanwhile, heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Once the oil is hot, fry jantikalu until they turn brown in colour. Store them in an airtight container.

  8. Serve Curd Jantikalu along with hot Masala chai and Linzer cookies for your tea time break.

Curd Jantikalu Recipe - Crispy Curd Snacks is part of the Mother's Day Recipe Contest 2017