Chakli

The spiral rice-and-lentil-flour snack from Maharashtra and Karnataka, made with certified organic flours and fried in cold-pressed oil per the brand. Chakli is traditionally a festival food — made at home in large batches around Diwali — and the packaged versions usually diverge from the homemade one in exactly two ways: cheaper frying oil and added flavour enhancer. This version addresses both, using organic ingredients and spice-based seasoning. What it does not change is that this is deep-fried, and therefore calorie-dense and best treated as an occasional snack rather than a daily one. Typically built on rice flour with chana or urad flour, sesame and cumin, giving the characteristic crunch and the faint nutty warmth. The reason this is Caution rather than Clean is narrow: the brand states cold-pressed oil across their snacks, but this SKU's listing does not name the specific oil used, and in a fried product that is the single most consequential ingredient. Worth confirming per batch.