This recipe is for Ney Pathal, a South Indian snack made with rice flour. To make it, soaked rice is blended into a smooth paste with coconut, shallots, salt and cumin. Rice flour is added to form dough balls that are wrapped in banana leaves and deep fried until golden brown. The fried Ney Pathal are served hot as a snack or with curry.

1. Chef Ashokkumar
Ney Pathal - Ney Pathiri
Ingredients
200 gms Boiled Rice
400 ml Water
100 gms grated Coconut
30 gms Shallots Chopped
5 gms Cumin Seeds
Salt to taste
75 gms Rice flour
10 ml cooking oil to grease Banana leaf
1 Banana leaf
250 ml Refined cooking oil to fry
Procedure
Wash and soak boiled rice in 2 cups of water for 6 hours or overnight.
Drain out water completely.
Transfer soaked rice in a mixer bowl and make a smooth paste with
grated coconut, chopped shallots, Salt and Cumin
Make it to smooth dough using very little water.

2. Chef Ashokkumar
Mix the rice paste with 6 tbsp rice flour and make a dough. Knead Well
Divide this dough into small lime sized balls.
Keep each rice balls in between greased banana leaf ,and press it
gently to shape it like a poori.
Heat oil in a kadai. In a medium heat deep fry one at a time until golden
brown and cooked.
Drain out from oil and place it on kitchen towel to absorb extra oil.
Serve hot with any curry or as a snack.