NEIPATHIRI/NEIPATHAL

Ingredients

Pachari/Long grain rice: 2cups

Grated Coconut: 1 ½ cups

Rice Powder (fine powder): ½- ¾ cup

Water: as needed

Jeerakam/ Cumin seeds:1 tbsp

Shallots: 8big

Salt: needed

Oil: for deep frying

Method Of Preparation

Soak rice to 3-4hours.

Grind it by adding minimal water till you get a coarse and grainy mixture.

Then crush shallots, coconut and cumin seeds.

Add the grinded rice, crushed coconut mix to a bowl.

Then add salt and rice powder and mix well with hand to form a soft dough.

Heat a pan with oil. Take small balls and flatten it in a greased sheet and carefully flip it into oil. Cook until both sides turn golden brown.

Serve hot with non veg curry

Note: This can be made with parboiled rice too.