Neypathal

Neypathiri or ney pathal or deep fried rice rotti is a very common breakfast / dinner dish in northern Kerala especially in Kozhikode and Malabar. For this great yummy dish you just need a few ingredients like coconut, small onion, rice and oil for frying.  This is mostly made for dinner along with its combination curry like Malabar chicken curry, pepper Mutton, Mutton/chicken korma etc for dinner during Ramadan or mainly served for guests during some functions. We sometimes have it for breakfast along with a cup of tea. It’s very crispy and yummy; when it is served hot it has much more taste. Kids will go crazy with this crispy snack.

Ingredients

Rice-2 glass ( boiled ponni rice or any puzhukkalari)

Coconut-grated- 1 cup

Fennel – 2 tbsp

Small onion - 6

Water

Oil- for frying

Salt – to taste

Method

Soak rice in 2 cups of hot water for 2-4 hours. Wash and Drain out water completely. Grind the rice along with grated coconut, small onion, fennel and salt in grinder. Pour little ( ½ glass) water while grinding. Be alert on grinding time that it should be grinded thicker and not too nicer. Spread little oil in your hand take a scoop of grinded rice in your hand. Roll it and flatten it using your palm in a plantain leaf or a foil paper. Heat a deep frying vessel and pour 2 or 3 cups of oil in it. Put the flattened rice flour into boiled oil and fry it. Turn over the other side and fry it until it turns golden color. Remove it from the oil and dry the oil in it. Fry the remaining rice also. Serve it with chicken or fish curry…It’s a delicious breakfast…