Ingredients:
| Gram four/kadalai mavu | 1 cup |
| Rice flour | 1/2 cup |
| Butter(at room temperature) | 1 tblsp |
| Hot oil | 2-3 tblsp |
| Ajwain/Omam | 1/8 cup |
| Salt | As needed |
| Oil | for deep frying |
- Dry roast omam,just till warm and powder it in the mixer.Then add 1/4 cup water and grind again. Filter this and keep aside.
- Sieve gram flour and rice flour together and add salt,butter,hot oil and the omam extract and mix well.
- Then add water as needed(careful,needs very less) and mix well,form a sticky dough.
- Press through the ompodi/idiyappam press in heated oil(oil should be heated just right,i.e; if you add a pinch of dough it should raise up immediately,dont heat till oil fuming)
- Form a circle in the oil and make sure you don’t overlap.
- Turn carefully immediately and cook till the bubbles ceases(takes very less time,less than a minute)
- Drain in paper towel and repeat the process for rest of the dough.
