Ribbon Pakoda

Its time to have fun with the family...Yes...our parents are arriving today...and we want to surprise them with new recipes. Since today is a work day, we want to keep the first recipe simple...and short...here is the first one...

Ingredients

1. Rice flour - 2 cups
2. Besan flour(chick pea flour) - 1/2 cup
3. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
4. Red chilli powder - 2-3 tsp
5. Butter - 1 tsp
6. Salt - 1 tbsp(or according to your taste, but be cautious while adding salt)
7. Water - As needed..

Thats it...you are ready for preparing the tasty and snacky, crunchy ribbon pakoda

Method

1. Mix rice flour, besan flour, asafoetida and chilli powder in a bowl.
2. Cut butter into small pieces and spread it with hand in the flour mixture.
3. Add salt to it and start adding water slowly .
4. Mix the flour mixture gently while adding water and make it as a dough.
5. Put the flour mixture into muruku maker and squeeze in oil.
6. Fry for few mts(till it becomes hard). Since you have added chilli powder, you will not know if its fried fully. It will take a while only for the first time but you can be sure to remove it in 1-2 mts in the subsequent frying..
7. Drain the extra oil in the tissue paper and store it in airtight container...
   

Tip - If the dough is easy to pass thru the maker (ie) very soft but not watery ...you dont have to break the pakoda after its fried..Instead it will automatically break while you squeeze it in oil