Chakli

Crispy, deep-fried spiral snacks made from a dough of rice flour, urad dal flour, and sesame seeds, spiced with ajwain, chilli, and asafoetida, piped through a star-shaped mould into tight coils and fried until snapping-crisp. The definitive Diwali snack of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat — made in enormous batches and packed into tins alongside karanji and chivda. Each region has its own slightly different dough base.