Chukkappam

Chukkappam is a nostalgic Kerala snack. The fried rice flour bites are look like buttons. It is sometimes served along with fried bites of chicken or beef.
Ingredients:

1. Rice flour -1 cup (lightly roasted)
2. Coconut milk- 1 1/4 cup
3. Egg-1 small
4. Black sesame seeds- 1/4 tsp
5. Salt-to taste
6. Oil-for  frying

Preparation:

• Boil coconut milk in a heavy bottom pan with salt.
• When it boils, add rice flour and mix well in low flame for a minute and switch off the flame.
• Allow to cool little, make a dough out of it.
• Beat one egg, mix it with sesame seeds.
• Add the egg little by little in to the dough and knead it well to a smooth dough.
• Cover and rest the dough for about 15 minutes.
• After that make tiny dumplings out of it and flatten it using the two fingers and shape it like buttons.
• Heat  oil in a pan, fry these chukkappam until golden and drain in to paper towels.
• After cools down completely; store it in an airtight container for long use.

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