Pokkawada/ribbon Pakoda

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups besan
• 1 cup rice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch asafetida powder (hing)

Recipe

• 1 mix all the ingredients with some water to make a very soft dough.
• 2 stand this dough for a while.
• 3 knead this again and stuff this into the pokkawada maker, which has a strainer through which the dough is dropped into hot oil and deep fried till golden brown.
• 4 remember to keep the flame low, else they would scorch and would not be crisp either.
• 5 the pokkawadas look like golden ribbons hence the name.
• 6 store when at room temperature for weeks.