Salt Cheedai

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups raw rice
• 1/4 Cup urad dal
• 2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2 tsp Pepper powder
• 1/4 Cup butter
• A pinch asafoetida
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste

How to make Salt Cheedai:

• Soak rice in water for an hour and drain it.
• Now spread it over a piece of cloth or paper.
• After 2-3 hrs grind it in a mixie.
• Fry the rice flour on low heat until brown.
• Sift through a coarse sieve so that there are no lumps.
• Take a pan and fry the urad dal until it is light brown.
• Grind it in the mixie properly.
• Mix it with the rice flour.
• Add butter, asafoetida, cumin seeds, pepper powder, and salt to taste.
• Add water to make thick dough.
• Make small balls of the dough and spread them on a wet towel.
• Heat the oil and fry cheedai until golden colour.
• Put 10-15 cheedai at a time in the oil.