NIPattu - Homemade tea time snack
 
Nipattu is a very simple deep fried snack made using rice flour and other spices. It is crispy and spicy and and is super addictive.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup - Rice flour
  • ½ cup - Fried gram , coarsely powdered
  • ¼ cup - Groundnuts , coarsely powdered
  • 1 Tbsp - white sesame
  • 2Tbsps - Red chilly powder or as per your liking
  • salt to taste
  • handful of coriander leaves
  • handful of curry leaves
  • Oil to fry
Instructions
  1. Coarsely powder groundnuts and discard the peel as much as possible.
  2. Wash and air dry coriander leaves and curry leaves and chop them fine.
  3. Now mix all the above ingredients except the oil into a firm dough. Similar to roti dough.
  4. Taste the dough for salt and spice. The dough has to be slightly saltier and spicier than you like as it will reduce once it is deep fried.
  5. Heat the oil in a deep pan.
  6. Make small balls out of the dough and using your greased palms press them and flatten in evenly. I usually make smaller disks.
  7. You can used greased parchment paper to make the disks as well.
  8. Once the oil is hot, drop the disks carefully. Let the nipattus come up and float and then you can reduce the flame to medium and fry till it is done well.
  9. My tip to know that is done is when the bubbles stops.
  10. Drain them well and place them on a kitchen towel to remove any excess oil.
  11. Once it is cooled store in an airtight container.
  12. *Make sure that the rice flour is fresh and good quality. Nipattu might turn out hard if the flour is old.
Recipe by MADaboutkitchen at https://madaboutkitchen.in/nipattu-homemade-tea-time-snack/