Malabar Enna Pathiri | Malabar Poricha Pathiri

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

• 1/2 cup Coconut — grated
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 10 nos Shallots
• 1 nos Green chilly
• 4 nos Garlic
• 2 cup Rice flour(Pathiri podi — roasted
• 2 tbsp Coconut oil
• 3 cup Water
• Salt, to taste
• Oil — for frying
• 1 tsp Black sesame seeds

Preparation

1. Step 1

   Crush ginger garlic and green chilly with the help of a blender.

2. Step 2

   Pour oil into a wok and heat it or heavy bottomed pan. Add crushed ginger, garlic and green chilly. cook for 1 minute till the raw smell disappears.

3. Step 3

   Mix the rice flour with required water in a separate vessel and pour it into the pan. season with salt to your taste and stir continuously in low flame. When the water absorbs, put off the flame, cover and rest for 15 minutes.

4. Step 4

   Meanwhile grind coconut and cumin seeds into a coarse paste.

5. Step 5

   Transfer the dough into a wide bowl and add the ground coconut, black sesame seed and knead well. Finally you get a soft non sticky dough.

6. Step 6

   Roll into thick circles, do not roll it thinly. And with the help of a cookie cutter or steel glass cut it into circles. It should have a minimum thickness of about 1.5 cm.

7. Step 7

   Set a pan over medium heat and pour in the oil and fry only 2-3 pathiris at a time, do not make it crowded. After adding it to the oil, set the flame to medium high flame. If the flame is too low, pathiri will absorb more oil. After some time pathiri will rise above the oil flip the side then. When the sides turns golden strain it out.

8. Step 8

   Malabar Enna pathiri is ready.