Ingredients

• 1 cup - sieved rice flour
• 1 cup - water
• 1/2 tsp - oil/ ghee
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• 250 ml - oil for frying
• 1/2 tsp - oil (to grease plastic or banana leaves )
• 3 greased plastic sheets or banana leaves
• For the coconut mixture:
• 4 tbsp - grated coconut
• 4 - shallots
• 1 tsp - jeera (cumin seeds)

How to Make Orotti ( Deep fried rice flour puris)

• Make a rough paste of above ingredients in a small mixer bowl. Do not add water when making the paste.
• In a pan, boil water with salt and ghee - oil.
• When the water starts boiling, add rice flour and mix well until well combined with water and rice flour (like idiyappam dough).
• Mix it with thick steel ladle. Keep aside to cool for 10 minutes.
• Add coconut paste into the rice flour dough (Optional - Add 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves and 1 tsp black til) and knead it into a soft dough. Do not add water.
• Divide it into 22 - 24 small lemon-sized balls.
• Keep each rice ball in between two greased plastic sheets (15 x 15 cm) - banana leaves.
• Press gently and spread it by palm to make the shape of a puri - 4 inches in diameter (orotti).
• Give perfect round shape with the help of an inverted sharp lid - katoris - cookie cutter.
• Arrange these orottis on another plastic sheet - banana leaf.
• Heat oil in a kadai - frying pan.
• Reduce heat to medium and deep - fry orotti (one at a time) till done golden colour on both the sides.
• It will puff slightly.
• Please do not fry on high heat. Keep medium heat.
• Drain out from oil and place it on kitchen towel to absorb extra oil.
• Please use 3 - 4 paper towels.
• Serve with any veg or non - vegetarian gravy dishes.
• Recipe Courtesy: Niya's World