Oma Podi

Ingrediants

Besan flour– 2 cups

Rice flour – 1 cup

Salt to taste

Asafoetida – 1/2 tsp

Butter or ghee – 1 tsp

Chilly Powder-1/2tsp(Optional)

Oil for deep frying

Method

1.Mix besan , rice flour, asafoetida ,chilly powder and salt with water and make it into a thick paste like batter but a soft one.

2.Heat the oil in the kadai.Test how hot it is by dropping a pinch of dough into it – if it sinks, the oil hasn’t become hot enough. If the dough springs to the top with bubbles all around it, then the oil is just ready.

3.In your muruku press place the oma podi plate and load
the dough and press it directly into the hot oil.

4.Fry it untill it is golden yellow and crispy.

5.Crispy omapodi is ready.

6.Allow it to cool and store it in an air tight container.