Nippattu is a very common South Indian snack recipe which is spicy and crispy loved by all the members of the family.
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 15
Ingredients
1cupRice Flour
2tbspRoasted Peanuts
2tbspRoasted Chana Dal ( Pappulu)
1sprigCurry leaves ( cut into small pieces)
1/2tbspChili Powder
1/2tspSalt (adjust as per your taste)
Oil for deep frying
1/4cupWater
Instructions
How to prepare dough
Add rice flour, curry leaves to a mixing bowl.
In a small blender, add peanuts, pappulu, chili powder and salt. You can add chili powder and salt directly to the rice flour but to get it mixed nicely, I have added it to the blender.
Make a coarse powder of peanuts so that while eating the Nippattu we can feel the nuts and that tastes so yummy.
Add the powder to the rice flour and mix it nicely,
Now add a spoon of hot oil to the flour so that the flour should get nice bubbles.
Once again mix the flour and it can be able to hold the shape then we can say that the flour is good enough.
Add little by little water and make a soft and non sticky dough and keep it covered. Make a small lemon sized balls and keep aside.
How to prepare Nippattu
Take parchment paper or plastic cover or zip lock bag, place a ball and using four fingers spread the dough as thin as possible with out getting cracks. If you get cracks, adjust it by joining the cracks and spread it slowly.
Frying Nippattu
Heat the oil in a kadai or frying pan. When the oil is hot enough, drop the nippattu slowly into the oil. Immediately nippattu should come up without browing and fry them on a medium low flame.
When it is slightly brown in color and the bubbles are reduced, flip it and fry until nice color on both sides.
Remove them and place on a kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
Cool them completely and store in an air tight container. Enjoy them as a evening snack along with tea or coffee.