Ribbon Pakoda I

                     This savoury item was earlier prepared by me using more besan flour and less rice flour.
Later after tasting the pakodas made of more rice flour and less besan flour by my sister in law, Ms. Muthu Lakshmi,I found them to be more crispy and follow her recipe.

Ingredients :

1. Rice Flour                               1 cup
2. Besan Flour                             3/4  cup
3. Roasted Channa dhal ( Pottu Kadalai )     3/4  cup
4. Butter                                                 3 tsp
5. Chilly Powder                           1/2 tsp
6. Salt                                               1 tsp
7. Asafoetida                            1/8 tsp
8. Oil                                2 cups

Method  :
1. Powder the the roasted channa dhal finely in a mixi and sieve all the three flours.

2. Mix all the ingredients.Add water and make the dough.This must be of the right consistency,not very rigid and not very loose.It should be little flexible.

3. Using the murukku mould with the disc, meant for ribbon pakoda,press the dough into the hot oil.Turn it and remove from oil once the bubbles stop.This can be prepared within 30 minutes.

Note :

In the picture shown above the pakodas were made using the disc meant for Seepu Seedai.That disc is one of the six discs, sold with the wooden mould for making murukkus.Those wooden moulds could be got only from Karaikudi region in those days.Now they are sold in some of the stores in other cities also.The Pakodas can also be made with common Ribbon Pakoda discs.