Chakuli (Crispy rice snack)

My mother at 65 is an expert at Amchigale khaan (Konkani snacks). This is her age old recipe for Chakuli. This is a dish I regularly make for Diwali. Its a great evening snack. Tea and chakuli is heavenly on a nice warm evening with an interesting book.

Ingredients :
2 cups Rice flour
1 cup Gram flour
1 tbsp Til seeds (sesame seeds - Soak the seeds in water for 20 minutes.)
3 tsp Chilli powder
½ tsp Heeng (Asafoetida)
2 tbsps Butter
Oil as required
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix both rice and gram flour, add chilli powder, asafoetida, butter and salt. Add the soaked til seeds to the flour mixture. Add water and knead into a soft dough. Put small quantities of dough in a Chakuli mould, hold it over a deep frying pan with hot oil and press chakulis into the oil. Remove chakuli from kadhai when brown and crisp.