baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli |
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baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli is easy to make, super tasty and very appealing visually too, with its pleasant greenish colour dotted with cumin seeds. Learn how to make Indian baked jowar chakli.
To make baked palak jowar murukku, combine the spinach, green chillies and ¼ cup of water in a mixer and blend till smooth. Keep aside. Combine the jowar flour, whole wheat flour, cumin seeds, asafoetida, butter and salt in a deep bowl and mix well. Add the prepared spinach purée and knead into a soft dough using enough water. Press the dough into a murukku “press” and cover it with the lid. Press out 50 mm. (2”) diameter round swirls of murukku on a clean, dry surface working closely from the center to the outside. Bake all the murukku in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 15 minutes, turn them over and bake them again for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely and serve or store in an air-tight container and use as required.
The sight of delicious murukkus displayed in glass jars in every other tea shop lets you know that you have arrived in Tamil Nadu! Murrukku is a crunchy jar snack with timeless appeal in South India, especially Tamil Nadu. Not only is it a part and parcel of all celebrations. Although the murukku is traditionally made with rice flour, we have made a more nutritious version which is jowar murukku with spinach.
You can unleash your creativity and try making this Indian baked jowar chakli with different seasonings of your choice. Roasted sesame seeds and ajwain are seasonings worth trying. Cool completely, store in an airtight jar and enjoy as and when you feel like!
Not only that, we have baked it instead of deep-frying, making it healthier and suitable for people with diet restrictions too. This healthy palak chakli is a wise pick for people with diabetes, heart disease and also for obesity. It is regularly stocked in most households and roadside eateries, to enjoy with steaming hot cups of filter coffee or ginger tea, but for health conscious people we would not recommend tea.
Tips for baked palak jowar murukku. 1. Jowar flour can be replaced with bajra flour. But remember that bajra flour might take some more time to bake. 2. If the dough is breaking while forming the chakli, it means there is less moisture. Take the dough out of the chakli press, add a tablespoon of water at a time and knead again. 3. If you are not getting a proper shape, it means the dough is too moist then add some flour and knead again. 4. Ensure to seal the end of each chakli so that it doesn’t open up while frying. 5. Use a flat ladle as shown in the image to transfer each chakli from the plate to the baking tray. 6. Remember to cool them completely. Slight warmth can reduce the crispiness of chaklis and make them soggy.
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For baked palak jowar murukku- To make baked palak jowar murukku, combine the spinach, green chillies and ¼ cup of water in a mixer and blend till smooth. Keep aside.
- Combine the jowar flour, whole wheat flour, cumin seeds, asafoetida, butter and salt in a deep bowl and mix well.
- Add the prepared spinach purée and knead into a soft dough using enough water.
- Press the dough into a murukku “press” and cover it with the lid.
- Press out 50 mm. (2”) diameter round swirls of murukku on a clean, dry surface working closely from the center to the outside.
- Bake all the murukku in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 15 minutes, turn them over and bake them again for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cool the baked palak jowar murukku completely and serve or store in an air-tight container and use as required.
Baked Palak Jowar Murukku, Jowar Murukku with Spinach recipe with step by step photos
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To make baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli, take spinach in a mixer. Ensure you have washed and cleaned the spinach. Here are 17 health benefits of spinach.
- Add the green chillies. You can even add garlic if you wish to.
- Add ¼ cup of water in the mixer and blend till smooth. Keep aside the spinach puree
- Take whole wheat flour in a deep bowl.
- Add the jowar flour in the same bowl.
- Add cumin seeds and asafetida. You can substitute cumin with sesame seeds, it provides a nice bite to the murukku.
- Add butter and salt and mix well. Mix the butter well with fingertips. It provides the necessary flakiness to the murukku.
- Add the prepared spinach purée.
- Knead into a soft dough using enough water.
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Press the dough into a murukku “press” and cover it with the lid.
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Press out 50 mm. (2”) diameter round swirls of baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli | on a clean, dry surface working closely from the center to the outside.
- Transfer them onto a baking tray.
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Bake all the baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli | in a pre-heated oven at 180°c (360°f) for 15 minutes, turn them over and bake them again for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Cool the baked palak jowar murukku recipe | Indian baked jowar chakli | jowar murukku with spinach | healthy palak chakli | completely. Serve or store palak chakli in an air-tight container and use as required. Similarly, you can make Multi flour chakli.
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Jowar flour can be replaced with bajra flour. But remember that bajra flour might take some more time to bake.
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If the dough is breaking while forming the chakli, it means there is less moisture. Take the dough out of the chakli press, add a tablespoon of water at a time and knead again.
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If you are not getting a proper shape, it means the dough is too moist then add some flour and knead again.
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Ensure to seal the end of each chakli so that it doesn’t open up while frying.
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Use a flat ladle as shown in the image to transfer each chakli from the plate to the baking tray.
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Remember to cool them completely. Slight warmth can reduce the crispiness of chaklis and make them soggy.
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Baked Palak Jowar Murukku – a non-fried snack.
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Jowar is a good source of fibre and iron. Thus a healthy choice to make chakli.
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Spinach too is rich in iron – a nutrient which has a role to supply oxygen to all parts of the body.
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We suggest this healthy snack to diabetics, heart patients, weight watchers and women with PCOS.
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Nutrient values (Abbrv) per serving
Energy | 111 cal |
Protein | 3.4 g |
Carbohydrates | 20.9 g |
Fiber | 3.4 g |
Fat | 1.8 g |
Cholesterol | 3.8 mg |
Sodium | 21.5 mg |
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