THENKUZHAL

Ingredients:

Raw rice- 4 cups
Black gram- 1 cup
Butter- 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds- 2 tsp
White sesame seeds- 1 tsp
Enough salt and oil
Asafotida powder- 1 tsp

Procedure:

Soak the rice in plenty of water for 1 hour and then drain it in a colander. Then pound the rice into fine flour. Sieve it twice. Roast the rice flour on slow fire until it changes colour. If you try to draw lines with the flour, it must flow freely from yr fingers. That is the correct texture. When cooled sieve again. Roast the black gram on slow fire again on a dry pan to a light brown colour. When it is cooled, powder it finely. Sieve this flour also. The fried rice and black gram flours must be in the ratio of 4:1. Mix these flours and add all the ingredients in a bowl. Add enough warm water to make soft dough. Immediately make thenkuzhals with the help of murukku press.