Ribbon Pakoda | Ribbon Murukku Recipe
Ribbon Pakoda, or ribbon murukku recipe is a very popular savory from South Indian cuisine. It is popularly known as ribbon murukku, ola pakoda or aaku pakodi.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Roasted Chana Dal
- 1 Cup Rice Flour
- 1/2 Cup Besan
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Ajwain
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida/Hing
- 2 tbsp Ghee melted
Instructions
- In a mixer jar add roasted chana dal and make smooth powder.
- In a wide mixing bowl add all the ingredients, rice flour, besan and roasted chana dal powder.
- Mix them well and add salt, red chilli powder and ajwain.
- Along with the above mentioned ingredients add hing too.
- Mix all of them well.
- Add melted ghee or hot oil.
- Gently combine them well and make a small ball of the flours.
- It should retain the shape in the fist to get perfect ribbon pakoda
- Add water little by little and make smooth dough.
- the dough should be smooth and pliable.
- Knead the dough while mixing itself.
- Heat oil for frying in a kadai.
- To make ribbon pakoda we use perforated plate with lines.
- Apply oil inside the maker. Take small portion of murukku dough, place it in the maker.
- Gently place the top spindle over it and seal it by tightening the top spindle.
- Gently press the murukku into the hot oil.
- Fry them in medium flame, till they turn golden color.
- Or till they float on top of oil and 'shhh' sound stops.
- Take them off from oil and transfer them onto a kitchen tissue or on a news paper.
- So the excess oil absorbs.
- Once cooled store them in an air tight container.
- Serve ribbon pakoda with a hot cup of tea.
Notes
Knead the dough while mixing it.
Check the taste before adding it into the hot oil.
If the salt added a bit more, the dish would turn salty after frying.
So check the taste.
Heat the oil well, it should fumigate.