Pakka Vada

Being married to a mallu, i thought it was about time i posted some recipe from Kerala. Just in time, Rajju's elder sister mails me this simple snack recipe from Kerala. After nearly a year in US, Rajju was happy to have something like this he has been missing.Thank you Rejitha chechi!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Rice flour
• 2 cups Besan
• 2 tspn Red chilli powder
• 1/2 tspn Hing
• 1/4 cup Curry leaves
• Salt as per taste
• Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

1. Take the rice flour in a bowl. Add boiling water and mix well using a spoon to make a soft dough.
2. Once it cools down a little, add the Besan , salt, hing, redchilli powder and mix well to form a dough similar to chakli dough.If required, u could use some more room temperature water to make the dough.
3. Take a chakli press and use the one with narrow slit which results in a tape shape.
4. Heat oil in Deep botton pan(kadai).
5. Now add the dough prepared in parts into the chakli press, close and press into the oil in a circular fashion so as to fill the entire surface area of the oil.
6. Fry until golden brown .Remove onto a kitchen towel.
7. Once cooled , break into smaller pieces and garnish with deep fried curry leaves. This also gives a good aroma.