Omapodi recipe
Omapodi is made with kadalai mavu (Gram flour/ besan), rice flour and omam (Ajwain/ caraway seeds) as main ingredients. Full video, step by step photos.
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup Besan/ kadalai mavu
- ½ cup Rice flour
- 1 tablespoon Butter at room temperature
- 2 tablespoon Hot oil
- 2 tablespoon Ajwain/ Omam/ caraway seeds
- Salt
- Oil - for deep frying
Instructions
- Dry roast omam,just till warm and powder it in the mixer.Then add ¼ cup water and grind again .Filter this and keep aside. (You can wash, soak for an hour and grind too).
- Sieve gram flour and rice flour together and add salt,butter,hot oil and the omam extract and mix well.
- Then add water as needed(careful,needs very less) and mix well,form a sticky dough.
- Press through the ompodi/idiyappam press in heated oil(oil should be heated just right,i.e; if you add a pinch of dough it should raise up immediately,dont heat till oil fuming)
- Form a circle in the oil and make sure you don’t overlap.
- Turn carefully immediately and cook till the bubbles ceases(takes very less time,less than a minute)
- Drain in paper towel and repeat the process for rest of the dough.
Video
Notes
- If you find it difficult to press through, then sprinkle a little water to loosen the dough.
- In case dough is getting dissolved in oil, then too much fat (butter & Oil) in the dough or excess water in the dough. Add more flour to trouble shoot. Also make sure to have the oil temperature hot while squeezing.
- I have updated the post with video, in that, I have used larger sized hole oma podi mold plate.