Oma Podi / ஒமப்பொடி - Diwali recipes

Ingredients

Besan flour               ; 3 cups
Rice flour                  : 1 cup
Ajwain                       : 1 tsp 
Butter                         : 1 tbsp
Hot oil                        : 1 tbsp
Salt
Oil

Method

Soak ajwain in  3 tbsps warm water for 1/2 an hour , then grind it .
Filter it and keep aside.
Sieve besan flour , rice flour .
Take a mixing bowl , add the ajwain water, butter ,  required salt , hot oil and mix.
Add water little by little and form a thick dough.
Heat oil in a kadai ,  press through the idiyapam press in oil , form a big circle in oil .
Turn to other side carefully and cook till the bubbles ceases. 
Take it out , place it in a paper towel and allow it to cool.
Store it in an air tight container.