Indian Cooking Recipe: Omapodi
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Omapodi
Ingredients:
1. Rice 3/4 cup
2. Channa dal 2 cups
3. Omam 1 tbsp
4. Salt 1 tsp
5. Butter 3 tbsps
6. Oil to deep fry
Method of Preparation:
Powder the rice, dal and omam into fine flour. Sieve to remove larger particles. To the fine, sieved flour, add the butter and salt. Mix water little by little and knead into soft thick dough. Heat up the oil in a deep kadai. Fill a small amount of the dough in a press ("Ural" or "Kuzhal") and use a mould with fine holes. Over the hot oil, press out the dough through the mould. Deep fry over a medium flame until light brown and crisp. Work on the remaining dough likewise and deep fry. Drain off the excess oil. Store the omapodi in airtight containers as whole large pieces or broken down into tiny pieces.
