Ribbon Pakoda (Nada Thenkuzhal)
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2-3 cups
 
Ingredients
  • Rice flour – 2 cups
  • Besan (Benjal Gram Flour) - 1cup
  • Red Chilli Powder - 2tsp
  • Pepper powder – ½ tsp
  • Asafetida – 2 pinches
  • Sesame seeds – 1 tsp
  • Melted Butter – 2 tbsp
  • Hot oil – 2 tbsp
  • Salt – To taste
  • Oil – For Deep Frying
Instructions
  1. Heat oil for deep-frying in a pan.
  2. In a wide bowl, add all the ingredients. Add water little by little to form soft stiff dough.
  3. Fix the ribbon pakoda achu (mould) into the murukku press. Add a portion of dough in the murukku press and close it.
  4. When the oil is hot, in medium high heat, make a round layer in hot oil. Do not add more layers to form even cooking.br]
  5. When it turns into crispy golden brown color on one side and also when bubbles ceases, flip this carefully using the ladle to other side and cook till the bubble ceases. Drain it in tissue paper, cool down completely and store in airtight container.
Notes
Make sure you fry them in hot oil. If you make it in low flame, the pakodas will drink up lot of oil.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/ribbon-pakoda-nada-thenkuzhal/