Ribbon Pakoda

INGREDIENTS

Rice Flour - 2 cups
Gram/Besan Flour- 1 cup (i take a mix of dalia powder (pottukadalai maavu) and gram flour)
Salt - to taste
Hing - a pinch
Butter - 3 tbsp

METHOD

1) Mix all the above ingredients in a mixing bowl add some water to make it into a dough.
2) Oil the murukku press with your ribbon pakoda disc and then add the dough in it
3) Heat Oil in the kadai then press your murukku in hot oil. Keep the heat in medium we have to take the ribbon pakoda's in golden brown colour.

Enjoy the ribbon pakoda's..............

Thayir /Dhahi Vada

Dahi vada (also known as thayir vada in Tamil, Mosurambadai in kannada and perugu gari in Telugu) is an Indian chaat, prepared by soaking vadas in thick yogurt (dahi). This recipe is an entry to Srilekha's "Me and my Kitchen EFM Theme-Savouries".

INGREDIENTS

Urad Dal - 1cup
Rice - 2tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Pepper- 1tsp
Coriander- chopped finely
Boondi- little
Carrot - Grated
Chaat Masala- a little
Oil- to fry


METHOD

1. Soak the Urad dal and Rice seperately for 3hrs. Grind it into a fine paste seperately without adding much water. The batter must be thick. Add some salt and crushed pepper and set the batter aside.
2. In a bowl mix yoghurt, salt, chopped corianders, chopped ginger and set aside.
3. Heat Oil in the frying pan and make the vadas. to get the round shape u have pinch the batter into the oil.
4. Put the fried vada into water. leave it for 2 or 3mns and then add it into the yoghurt.
5. The vada's should be soaked for atleast 2hrs before serving.
6. Before seving garnish it with grated carrots, chopped coriander and some chaat masala. Serve it chilled.

Mullu Murukku

Murukku is a south indian snack. Golden crispy murukku is known as chakli in kannada and marathi. Though i dint get the perfect shape it still tasted delicious. This is a very easy method of making murukku's. Thanks to Priya who gave the measurements for this easy method. This recipe is an entry for Srilekha's "Me and My Kitchen-EFM Theme Savouries"

INGREDIENTS

Rice Flour-3cups
Gram Flour-1/2cup
Dalia (pottukadalai) flour-1/2cup
Butter-25gms
Salt - a pinch
Oil - to fry

METHOD

1. Seive all the Flour togeather along with a pinch of salt.
2. Melt the butter and mix it with the flour. Add water and make a pliable dough
3. Grease the murukku maker with some oil and make the murukku.
4. Heat Oil in a deep frying pan and fry the murukku into golden color and serve.