Motta Sev - Traditional

Ingredients
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Kadalai Maavu - 2 cups
Butter - 1/3 piece
Omam Podi - Thool - 2 spoons
Jeeragam - 2 spoons
Molagu / Pepper - Coarse powder - 2 spoons
Poondu (10 pods) paste / 2 spoons
Molaga thool - 1/4 spoon
Salt - 2 spoons /to taste

Preparation

1. Mix all the above ingredients well, and add water and make a thick mix.
2. Put in Murukku (smooth) Achu and press in Oil.
3. Deep fry, till brown.
4. Store in a air tight container.
5. Tasty Motta Sev is ready to enjoy.

Omapodi - Traditional

Ingredients
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Kadalai Maavu - 2 cups
Butter - 1/3 piece
Omam Podi - Thool - 2 spoons
Salt - 2 spoons /to taste

Preparation

1. Mix all the above ingredients well, and add water and make a thick mix.
2. Put in Omapodi Achu and press in Oil.
3. Deep fry, till brown.
4. Store in a air tight container.
5. Tasty Omapodi is ready to enjoy.

Elladai - Traditional

Ingredients
Rice Flour - 2 cups
Puzhungal Arisi - 1/2 cups - Roast, cool, powder - Not too brown, so that Elladai also remains less brown
Kadalai Paruppu - 1/4 cup Soaked in water for 1 hour
Verkadalai - 1/4 cup - Powder to be just broken (Paatti used to say Onnum-paathiya :) - Not too brown, so that Elladai also remains less brown.
Pottu Kadalai - 1/4 cup - powder
Urad Dal Four - 2 spoons
Ellu - 2 spoons
Perungayam - 1/4 spoon
Butter - 1/3 piece
Poondu 10 pods + 10 Pachai Molaga - paste
Salt - 3/4 spoons /to taste

Preparation

1. Mix all the above ingredients well, and add water and make a thick mix.
2. Make small balls of the size of a small lime.
3. Take a thick plastic cover / milk packet cover - and apply oil.
4. Keep one ball made above, and make a thin circle with fingers from the ball.
5. Remove carefully from the plastic cover and deep fry.
6. Store in a air tight container.
7. Tasty Elladai is ready to enjoy.

Tip : Oil should not be over heated, then they could turn black, or very low heated, so they are not crisp.  So first test one or two and then maintain the heat in the required setting.

Murukku - Traditional

Ingredients
Rice Flour - 2 cups
Urad Flour - 1/4 Cup
Pottu Kadalai Podi - 1/4 cup
Jeeragam - 2 Spoons
Perugayam Podi - 1/4 spoon
Ellu - 2 Spoons
Butter - 1/3 piece
Salt - 2 spoons

For Seedai - Add 2 Spoons coconut

Prepartion

1. Mix all the above ingredients well, and add water and make a thick mix.
2. Put in Murukku achu and press in Oil.
3. Deep fry, till brown.
4. Store in a air tight container.
5. Tasty Murukku is ready to enjoy.

Dosa Molagai Podi

Ingredients:

Urad Dhal - 3/4 cup
Channa Dhal (Kadalai paruppu) - 1/2 cup
Long red chilli - 12
Perugayam - 1/4 spoon
Salt - 1/2 spoon
Sugar - 1/2 spoon
Desicated coconut - 1/4 cup (optional)

Preparation
1. Dry Roast Urad Dhal, Channa Dhal and Red Chilli in low flame till the Dhalls get light brown tinge.
2. Cool the roasted ingredients.
3. Mix with the other items and grind in a mixie, till they are slightly coarse.
4. Store in a air tight container.
5. Server mixed with Til Oil(Nalla ennai), or ghee(for kids)


Tip: The desicated coconut version gives a different flavour.