Neipathiri

Tasty and easy to prepare malabar dish.

Category : Breakfast
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Cusine Type : Kerala


Ingredients

Roasted Rice flour - 2 cups

Water - 2 cups

Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup

Small onion -4 nos

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Black Sesame seeds -1/2 tspn

Salt - 1/4 tspn

Oil - 2 tspn


Directions

Coarse grind coconut,small onions and cumin seeds.

Heat water to a boil with salt. Add the ground ingredients to the water and oil and bring water to a boil again. When it boils again, add rice flour and stir well. Add sesmae seeds. Remove from heat and keep covered. Open the lid after 5 to 10 minutes and when it is still warm, but manageable to knead, knead well without adding any more water until soft.

Make small balls of the dough and roll out with a rolling pin. Dust with rice flour to help in rolling out. Cut with a round cutter or a lid to get a good round shape.

Heat a wok or kadai with oil on medium heat. Deep fry them, until golden brown, or until the pathiri puffs out. Take out off the oil and transfer to a plate.

Serve hot with Chicken curry.

Comments:
Posted by Archana at 06:44:55 am on January 14, 2009.
I tried this and came out well. Easy to prepare. Thanks for the recipe.

Tips of the day
Leftover chappathies can be cut into small diamond shaped pieces with a pair of kitchen scissors and deep fried till golden brown. Store in air-tight containers.