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.