Ribbon Pakoda / Ribbon Murukku / Nada /Ola Pakoda is a tasty and crispy savoury item that is liked by many. This item can be prepared as snacks on any day and also during festivals and functions. This is very much sought after item during lock down period and work from home situations now common in many homes.

It is easy to prepare and the ribbon pakoda ( also known as ola pakoda / Nada ). There are many variations of ribbon pakoda by altering the proportion of besan flour (Bengal gram flour) ,rice flour, fried gram. In my recipe i have not used fried gram. I generally use butter for all murukku preparations but i have used coconut oil in place of butter for ribbon pakoda preparation. Coconut oil gives nice flavor. You can use any cooking oil or butter as per your preference.

Ingredients

Besan flour 1/2 cup

Rice flour 1 /2 cup

Red Chili powder 1 tsp

Salt 1 tsp

Hing 1/2 tsp

Coconut oil/Butter 1 1/2 tbsp

Oil for deep fry

Preparation time 05 min

Cooking time 15 min

Procedure

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Text Procedure

Step 1

Mix all dry ingredients

Step 2

Add hot coconut oil. Crumble flour nicely

Step 3

Add water. Knead soft slightly sticky dough so that while pressing in oil, you will not feel hard to press.

Step 4

Use ribbon pakoda disc (die) in “chakki machine”(Murukku machine).

Fill dough in it.

Step 5

Heat oil in pan. Squeeze the chakki (Murukku ) machine slowly making a circular motion to push the dough through the die on to the oil. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Flip over for uniform frying on both sides.Fry unitl it turns to golden brown color. Crispy and tasty Ribbon pakoda ( also known as Ola pakoda) is ready with coconut oil flavour.