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Omapodi

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Snacks, Traditional
Cuisine Baking, gluten free, Kids choice, South indian, Vegan, Vegetarian

Equipment

  • noodle maker
  • mixing bowls and spoons.
  • deep fryer

Ingredients
  

to roast and powder

  • 1 tsp carom seeds omam, ajwain

to make a dough

  • 1 cup chickpea flour besan
  • 1/2 cup Raw rice flour
  • salt to taste
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
  • 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil use hot oil.
  • 1/4 cup drinking water use only as needed to bring the dough together, not all at once.

for frying

  • 2 cups cooking oil

Instructions
 

  • Dry roast the carom seeds on a dry pan.
  • Let this cool a bit.
  • Grind to a fine powder.
  • Sift this powder to get the fine powder and set it aside.

To make the dough

  • Into the mixing bowl, add the chickpea flour, rice flour, salt, asafortida, turmeric powder and red chilli powder and mix well.
  • Add the omam ( ajwain) powder.
  • Mix and set aside.
  • Heat the oil till it is sizzling when you drop a pinch of flour into it.
  • Pour this hot oil into the mixed flour.
  • Use a spoon and mix the oil well into the flour mix.
  • Carefully bring together the dough by sprinkling water a little at a time.
  • Once the dough is smooth and a bit more smoother than scone mix, set it side for 5 minutes.
    Ompodi dough.

to fry the omapodi

  • Set the oil to heat in a deep fryer to about 350 degrees.
  • Prep the extruder ( murukku maker) with the plate that has the thinnest holes. and lightly grease the inner surface of the extruder.
  • Make small balls of the dough and place in the murukku maker or extruder
  • close the lid.
  • Add a pinch of the dough to the deep fryer to test it. if it sizzles right up the oil is ready.
  • Press in the chickpea batter into the hot oil till the oil surface is fully covered.
  • Remove and reset the dough in the extruder.
    Making omapodi.
  • Shake the basket to release the sticking bits of dough.
  • As the omapodi stops bubbling, remove it and place it on a plate to cool.
  • Crush the noodles into smaller bits when cool and store in air tight containers.
  • The omapodi is now ready to be served.
    chickpea noodles omapodi
Keyword chips and dips, diwali snacks, jar snack, vegan
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