Butter Karasev

Ingredients:

Gram flour (Besan/kadalai maavu) – 1 cup

Rice flour – ½ cup

Salt – ½ teaspoon

Pepper - ¾ teaspoon

Cumin seeds - ¾ teaspoon

Curry leaves - 10 leaves

Hing – 1/8th teaspoon

Turmeric powder - 1/8th teaspoon

Butter – 1 tablespoon

Water - ¼ to ½ cup

Oil – for deep frying

Method:

1. Grind pepper and cumin seeds & curry leaves to powdery consistency fine enough not to clog the holes of the press.
2. Mix together rice flour, gram flour, salt, butter, ground powder, turmeric powder & hing.
3. Add water little by little to make a dough. (Neither stiff nor loose)
4. Divide the dough into 2 equal portions.
5. Grease the press with few drops of oil.
6. Add the dough to the press loaded with big circular holes.
7. Press onto hot oil in a deep pan & fry till golden brown. (until oil buzzing reduces to minimum)
8. Drain onto a paper towel.
9. Once cooled down add to a container and crush coarsely & store in airtight container.