Weather and food always go hand in hand, our food habits change as seasons change. After all the cold salads, smoothies and ice creams for the summer months, we are slowly moving to Fall. The days are short followed by long cold nights. I would love to have a crispy Nipattu with a cup of hot coffee for the evening snack....
To make these nipattus, we need:
Rice flour: 1 cup
Peanut: 1/2 cup (coarsly ground)
Fried Bengal gram: 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
Salt
Hot oil: 1 tbsp
Oil to fry
Water as required
Method:
To begin, take 1/2 cup of fried Bengal gram and grind it into a fine powder. In the same mixer add the peanuts and just give a pulse so that the peanuts are ground into a chunky powder.
Heat oil to deep fry.
In a mixing bowl, take 1 cup of rice flour, the ground mixture, chilli powder, salt and mix well.
To this add 1 table spoon of hot oil, mix well with the flour mixture.
Add required quantity of water to make a stiff dough. The dough should not be too hard or watery, it should not stick to the fingers. Once the dough is mixed add more oil to the surface to keep it moist.
Take a sheet of plastic or a banana leaf and grease it well. Take a lemon size ball of dough and spread the dough using the fingers into small discs, make a hole in the centre and carefully drop them into hot oil, deep fry till golden brown on a medim flame.
Crispy nipattus are ready. These nipattus can be stored for a few weeks in an air tight container and enjoyed.
