Rice Vathal

I always wanted to learn to make homemade vathals from my mom. Finally , this summer i succeeded .
Very simple to make and was crunchy and tasty. Here is the steps to be followed...

Ingredients:

• Raw rice                           - 1 cup
• Sabudhana  (javvarisi)       - 1/4 cup
• Water                               - 5 1/2 cups
• Greenchilli                         - 6
• Cumin seeds                     - 1 ta. sp
• Hing                                 - 3 peppersize
• Salt to taste

Others:

• Muruku maker
• Single star shaped press
• Clean and lengthy cotton cloth

Method:

1. Soak the rice and sabudhana for atleast 5 hrs. Grind them in the mixie along with green chilli along with water. Grind them like dosa batter.
2. Soak hing balls in warm water till it is dissolved.
3. Boil 2 cups of water along with salt. Add the hing water to it.
4. Now pour the batter to the hot water and mix them well.
5. Add cumin seeds and check for the salt.
6. Cook them till samll bubbles come out of them.
7. Remove from the stove and leave them to be warm.

8. Now in a Muruku maker, put the single star shaped mould.
9. Fill the maker with enough rice dough.
10. Spread the cloth lengthwise and start making straight lines from the muruku maker.

11. Repeat for rest of the dough.  

12. Dry them in the hot sun for one full day.
13. End of the day take the cloth and sprinkle some water all over on the reverse side of the cloth .
14. After 5 minutes you can remove the dried vathal  from the cloth.
15. Keep them in a big plate.

16. Next day keep the plate under the hot sun for the whole day.
17. End of the day the vathals are ready to be fried.
18. Remove the vathal in a container.
19. When needed you can just fry them in hot oil and serve.

Tips: Adjust the water measurement i.e 5 1/2 , with the water you use to grind in the mixie and to boil.
        Don't use more than the water specified.