Nipattu

Payaswini's Recipes





Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup split peas powder (kadle / puttani)
1 tbsp. red chilli powder

1 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
6-8 curry leaves, chopped
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 tbsp. whole split peas (hurgadle, puttani)
10-12 peanuts coarsely crushed
2 tbsp. oil or ghee
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry

Method:
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and add very little water to make a pliable dough.
Spread the clean greased thick plastic sheet. Take a small lime size of dough and shape into round.
Place it on the plastic sheet and flatten into thin round vadas.

Pick up carefully and deep fry it in the hot oil till golden and crisp.
Repeat with the remaining dough.