Nada pakoda or Ribbon pakoda

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 2 cups
• Besan flour - 1 cup
• Red Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Salt
• Hing or Asafoedita - a pinch
• Oil

Method :

Mix the rice flour, gram flour, red chilly powder, salt, heated oil (1 tbsp) and hing in a vessel.

Add water and make the flour into a chapati like dough..

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, and when the oil is hot add a little piece of dough to check for the heat. When the dough raises immediately then the oil is ready for frying.

Put 1 hand full of dough in a press, and close the press with ribbon pakoda mould. Squeeze the dough to a big circle.

Deep fry the ribbon pakoda/Nada in low flame till it is crisp and turns golden brown color.

Take it out and place it in a oil strainer with a paper towel to remove excess oil and allow it to cool.

Store it in a air tight container and serve.

The delicious ribbon pakoda/Nada is ready to serve.