Ribbon Pakoda

Ingredients:

 

2 cups  Rice flour       

1 cup Chickpea flour (Besan/Kadalai Maavu)

A pinch of Asafoetida

3 tbsp melted Butter

Red chilli powder  (to taste)

Salt  (to taste)

3 cups oil

Directions:

 

In a mixing bowl, mix the above mentioned ingredients using water. Add just enough water to be able to roll  the dough into one big mass.

Take a Murukku maker, assemble it with the ribbon pakoda press (disc with 4 rectangular holes with no jagged edges), now put the dough in the assembled murukku maker and screw the lid on.

Heat oil in a pan, once oil is hot enough (check by dropping a small piece of dough in oil, the dough should spring back up immediately), use the murkku maker to drop the dough in ribbon shape into the hot oil. Remove from hot oil when the ribbon pakoda turns golden brown.