Kodubale

INGREDIENTS:-

Rice flour – 2 cups

Maida – 1/2 cup

Wheat flour – 1/2 cup

Pottukadalai (Fried Channa)- 1/2 cup

Dessicated dry coconut (Kopra) – 1/2 cup

Ghee – 1 table spoon

Hing – 1/4 teaspoon

Salt - as per taste

Chilly powder – 1 teaspoon

Oil –  for deep frying

 

METHOD OF PREPARATION:-

• Grind the pottukadalai and kopra to a fine powder.
• Lightly roast the wheat flour and maida together on a low flame till it turns light golden.
• In a large bowl mix the rice flour, ground pottukadalai and the roasted flours.
• Add ghee, salt, hing chilly powder and water and knead to a thick dough.
• Heat oil in a kadai on a medium flame.
• Take a little dough and shape into rings (Thickness of a pencil)
• Fry a few rings at a time on low to medium flame, stirring occasionally.
• When the sound subsides, drain and take out on a kitchen paper.
• Store in air tight containers.

The oil should be on medium heat while dropping the rings and reduced to low till it gets cooked