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Ribbon pakoda recipe | Ola pakoda | Easy Diwali snacks

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I am trying this ribbon pakoda forthe first time. Now-a-days my kiddo wants to munch something right after he come back from school, so inspite of giving him the store bought chips or some other junk food,I try to make some dry snacks and keep it for a week,he too enjoys all these home made snacks now a days ..
Ribbon pakoda/ Ola pakoda

Ribbon pakkoda recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 25 mins    |  Makes: 4 cups

Ingredients

Rice flour(or idiyappam flour) – 1 cups

Gram flour/Kadala maavu – 1 cup

Pepper powder(coarse) – 3/4 tsp

Butter, melted or soft – 1 tbsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Asafoetida powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt & water – As needed

Oil – For deep frying

*I have tried adding gram flour lesser and more proportions. So you can add as less as 1/2 cup gram flour and more rice flour or equal amount of both too, comes out good.


Method:

  1. take rice flour,gram flour,pepper powder,butter(softened),oil,asafoetida,salt in a bowl, mix well.

    2. Ingredients

  2. Then add water little by little to make a stiff,non-sticky,dough.

    3. Dough

  3. Apparently heat oil in a kadai.Fill the murukku press with the prepared dough, with the ribbon pakoda plate.

    4. Ola pakoda plate

  4. Press the dough in hot oil in a circular way to form a single layer. Dont layer so much,just one layer to ensure even and quick cooking.

    5. in oil

  5. When the bubbles reduces,flip the pakoda and cook again till the bubbles ceases and the ‘shhh’ sound  reduces.
  6. Drain it in the paper towel,after cooled down store in airtight container to enjoy these crisp flavourful pakodas

    7. Drain in kitchen towel

  Notes:

  • I Added pepper powder as I like the pepper flavour and I wanted the pakoda to be more on whiter side.
  • You can replace the pepper powder with 3/4 tsp red chilli powder and 1/8 tsp turmeric.
  • Make sure the pepper powder is fine enough to get through the press holes. Sometimes if its grainy, then it gets stuck in the hole.

The flavor of this snack is more the next day,I loved the pepper flavor the best in it!
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  16. my son's fav one. Adding pepper powder is very new to me.the pictures reminds me of stalls in native place where they used to display the ribbon pakods like this.nice click and lovely presentation

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  40. only yesterday I was wondering what to make with this ribbon pressure and was discussing with Hubby. now here you are sharing this recipe. perfect recipe and great timing…can make these for Vijoya this year.

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  76. Wow that my fav one.Looks so so delicious and i have never added pepper powder but this sounds interesting will try adding it next time. All the pictures are super cool and can make any one drool.

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  124. Raks, I tried it yesterday and it came out very well.
    Kids and friends liked it a lot.

    and keep sharing such norukk's, i shall prepare for diwali.

    iam referring your blog to my friends, who all wants to try sweets for diwali..

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  158. Hi Raks! Thank you so much for the recipe!! I made all of my Diwali bakshanam from your recipes, they came out perfect!! Made this ribbon pakoda, Chocolate maida 2 layer barfi and Rava ladu 🙂
    Thanks once again, love your blog and Happy Diwali!!

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  162. Hi Rak,

    I used your recipe to prepare a trial batch of ribbon pakoda for Diwali and they came out great �� Since I was out of butter I used vanaspati instead and they came out just fine .

    Thanks for sharing such an easy prep recipe ������

    Janaki from Chennai

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  164. Again, can I use coconut oil for frying this? I don't use refined oils..

    I tried frying thenkuzhal in coconut oil, it came out very well and the taste was amazing.. how about such gram flour based snacks?

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  168. Could you pls tell me which brand of murukku press you have found success with in handling? The one I had been using 5 years has become unusable. Need to buy a new one.

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  170. This is not a known brand one, just from a small vessel shop I got. You too can try the same. If you are in chennai, go to any vessel shop in T nagar to find a screw type murukku press.

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