Sakinalu

Sakinalu are the known traditional snacks made in Telangana Region.Even many people in Andhra pradesh does not know about this dish.Usually they are made for the sankrathi festival.Sakinalu are made of rice flour and seasame.

Ingredients:

Rice---4 cups
Ajwain seeds(oma,vaamu)--1/4 cup
Sesame(nuvvulu)--1/2 cup
Salt
oil

Preparation Method

Soak the rice with enough water for about 3-4 hrs.
Drain the water using a mesh and leave the rice in the mesh for about 3 hrs so that it gets dried.
Now grind the rice in a grinder till it becomes fine powder.
Roast the sesame(nuvvulu) lightly on a low flame.
Now add the Sesame,Ajwain and salt to the rice flour.Make a dough with the help of water as you do for chapathis.
Take small quantity of the dough in hand and make circles with thin lines on a cloth as in the below picture.

Repeat this process to make all the sakinalu.Don't worry this will take some time but on pratice you can do it.
After they are done allow the sakinalu to dry.

Now take a hallow pan with oil to fry.
Take the sakinalu slowly with help of a flat plate and fry them in the oil till light brown colour.
Finally your sakinalu are ready.
These snacks can be preserved upto 1 month in a air tight container.