Kalkal

This pasta shaped simple snack would make the best companion for your evening tea. A sweet variety of the dish is found among Goan Christmas sweets recipes. Eggs are also used for the making of Kalkal in some places.

This is one of the basic spicy varieties of Kalkal. You can garnish the dish using grated cheese, grated coconut and oregano.

Ingredients
1 cup maida
2 tbsp melted butter
2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
¼ tsp chili powder
½ up water
Salt as required

Preparation
Mix maida, melted butter and water in a large bowl to make a soft dough
Knead well and keep fit in the bowl for an hour
Prepare and keep small gooseberry sized balls out of it
Take a fork upside down. Keep each ball at the tip of the fork and press with hand. Roll it from one end like rolling a mat
Deep fry in heated oil
Sprinkle chili powder and pepper powder
Crunchy pasta-shaped Kalkal is ready!