Ingredients 3 cups rice flour 3/4 cup maida 2 tsp white til seeds 1 tbsp besan, roasted 2 tbsp peanuts A little hing(asoefetida) 2 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp coconut gratings 10 green chillies, minced finely A lump of butter 4 sprigs curry leaves, mincesd finely 2 tsp salt Oil for deep frying Method Roast the peanuts and remove the skin. Crush the peanuts with the roasted besan and set aside. Combine together the rice flour, maida and butter. Knead using a litle water into a pliable dough. Mix together the coconut, red chilli powder, hing, green chillies, curry leaves, salt and til. Add this to the dough and mix well. Make small portions of this dough and flatten each portion into small rounds (1 " radius) using a sheet of pastry paper or leaf smeared with oil. Heat the oil to smoking point. Deep fry batches of nippat in the hot oil till brown and crispy.(you might have to turn the nippat over once or twice) |