Malabar Pathiri
The Malabar Style Ney Pathiri Recipe, also known as Fried Masala Rice Puri, features a bread popular in Kerala called pathiri. Traditionally, pathiri is crafted using rice flour and cooked on a griddle. However, in this variation, the pathiri takes a deep-fried turn in oil, earning it the name "Ney Pathiri," with "ney" translating to "oil." The rice flour dough incorporates ground onion and cumin seeds before being rolled into puris. While the recipe calls for rice flour, soaked rice can also be used and ground into a smooth powder to create the pathiri.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice powder
- 1 cup Grated coconut
- 4 Small / Pearl Onion
- 1/2 tsp Jeera
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1.5 cups Water
- Salt
Instructions
- Grind together scraped coconut, small onion & jeera to make a paste. Add water, salt & oil to a saucepan. When it starts boiling add coconut paste & rice powder. Add rice powder little by little & stir it. Keep it on fire till all the water is absorbed by the rice powder.
- After 5-7 minutes, make small balls out of the dough. Sprinkle some rice powder over each ball & roll it. Place each ball between two butter paper & roll. Cut it into a perfect round shape using a round vessel. Heat a nonstick pan & cook pathiri till both sides are done. Serve hot with Nadan Mutton Curry.
Notes
15 – 20 pathiris can be made from this.
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