Nippattu Recipe
Nippattu is a crispy deep fried snack made with rice flour , peanuts and few spices. Its a traditional snack from Karnataka Cuisine .
Servings 16 Makes
Calories 71kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice Flour
- 2 tablespoon Maida / Refined flour ,optional
- 2 Tbsp Chiroti Rava / Fine Sooji /Semolina
- ¼ cup Peanuts
- 3 tablespoon Fried Gram
- 2 tablespoon Dry Coconut
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Seeds / Til
- 2 Sprigs Curry Leaves , chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- ¾ teaspoon Salt or as required
- 2 tablespoon Hot Oil
- ¼ Cup Water or less, as required
- Oil for Frying
Instructions
- In a pan ,dry roast groundnut till skin starts to peel.
- Add fried gram and dry coconut , just roast along with groundnut for 20-30 seconds.
- Turn off the stove and allow it to cool down.
- Transfer into a mixer.
- Pulse it into a coarse powder and set aside.
- In the same pan , add rice flour and dry roast for 2 minutes on a low heat .
- For this add , maida and rava ,continue to roast for another 1 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.
- For this roasted rice flour , add groundnut coarse powder , red chilli powder , chopped curry leaves , sesame seeds , salt and combine everything.
- For this , add sizzling hot oil and mix up everything to get a crumble texture.
- Now add water ,part by part and mix to get a non sticky stiff dough ,don't knead the dough. Just mix everything and form a stiff and smooth dough to hold shape. Sprinkle water ,if needed .
- On a butter paper , place a big size dough and roll it as thin as possible.
- Using a round cookie cutter , cut into desired shapes. Also alternatively you can roll into thin discs using rolling pin or just spread on a damp cloth or butter sheet using your hands.
- On medium high heat , heat oil for frying . When oil is hot enough , test by dropping a pinch of dough into the oil. If it comes up immediately without browning , then the temperature is perfect for frying.
- Now carefully take the rolled dough and put into hot oil . Keep the flame on medium high once the base becomes firm , flip and cook on other side , till it turns golden in colour.
- Remove fried nippattu from oil using a mesh basket , place on kitchen napkin.
- Once it is cooled completely , store in an airtight container.
- Stays good up to 15 days .Serve it as required.
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Notes
- Adding hot oil is very important ,as it helps to keep the Nippattu crispy.
- Over roasting the groundnuts makes Nippattu more greasy as groundnuts tends to release oil after deep frying. So make sure to roast groundnuts till skin starts to peel.
Nutrition
Calories: 71kcal