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Saturday, October 11, 2008

OMPODI

OMPODI:

INGREDIENTS:

Gram flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - ¼ cup
Butter - 1 tsp.
Red chili powder -1/8tsp
Asafoetida - a pinch
Omam - 1/4 spoon
Oil for frying - 3 cups
Ompodi press
Salt to taste.

METHOD :
• Sieve gram flour and rice powder and make a soft dough using salt , chili powder, asafoetida and water.
* Soak omam for an hour and grid with little water to a smooth paste and add to gram paste.
• Heat oil in a kadai. Over medium heat( put the dough in the sev press) and press the sev machine on the surface of the oil so that it covers the oil.
• Turn it with the long handled ladle. Fry until crisp. Remove and drain. Make the rest of the dough in the same way. Store in an air tight container after they are slightly cooled.The disk with the small holes should be used.