Omapodi recipe

Omapodi

              One of the best snack that goes well with all chat items and perfect tea time snack for your kids.I usually prepare this often and also for Diwali and krishna jayanthi along with some other snacks.

Ingredients needed:

   Bengal gram flour/Besan/kadala mavu - 1 cup

   Ghee/Clarified butter -1 tsp

   Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

   Hing - a generous pinch

   Omam water - 2 tbsp

   Salt to taste

   Oil for deep frying

Method:

• Take besan in a bowl, add all the above ingredients, a tsp of ghee, salt needed and make a soft dough by adding water little by little.

• Make a small cylinder with the dough and put it inside the muruku maker. Heat oil, when the oil is hot, reduce the heat to medium, then press the muruku maker in a circular motion over the hot oil.

• Fry both the sides(don't fry until color brown in color - ref below pic), Once it is done, the bubbling noise stops. Omapodi is done. Remove it with a slotted ladle and strain it in a colander.

• Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.

• After it to cool and store it in an airtight container.