Nippattlu is a popular Indian snack in the Southern Part of India especially. Telangana special recipe. This tasty, crunchy savoury snack always makes me nostalgic. This is a great snack for evening, tea time, travel, etc. Store them in an airtight container. They will be suitable for at least 2 or 3 weeks.
This is an authentic traditional snack made in every home in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, India. You can taste the nice nutty taste and flavour of fried peanuts and chana dal in every bite.
There are many variations to this recipe and this one method of doing Appalu or Nippattu. It is made of rice flour along with Bengal gram/chana dal with peanuts. Very simple and savoury to make for any occasion or simply during evening hours.
Ingredients
Rice flour – 4 cups 500 grams
Mung dal- 4tbsp( sock 1 hour)
Roasted Peanut powder – 4 tbsp
hot oil/butter/ghee – 4tbsp
Sesame(Til) seeds – 5 tbsp
Few Curry leaves
Green chilly paste – 2tbsp
Jeera – 1 tbsp
Salt – 1 tbsp
Oil – 2 cups for deep frying
Hot water – 2cups
Instruction
In a mixing bowl add the Ingredients other than oil and mix well. Add water little by little to make a soft and smooth dough.
Make small lemon-sized balls out of the dough.
Take each ball and place the dough ball between the greased plastic sheets and press it gently with a tortilla/puri press(If you don’t have the tortilla press, you can use a plate or round cup to press) to form a disc that is not too thick or not too thin.
Make using a fork to prick each Nippattu in a few places.
This will prevent the bubbles from forming in the hot oil. Heat oil in a pan. when the oil is hot enough, keep the flame at medium and2,3,4 Nippatlu in the oil. While deep frying, keep the flame low and then fry the Nippatlu till it’s golden brown.
Deep fry them till they are crispy and the sizzling sound starts to suppress. Remove the crispy Appalu from the oil and place it in paper napkins to drain excess oil. Repeat the same step till all the Appalu are fried.
Tasty and crispy Appalu/Nippatlu/chekkalu is now ready to serve. Allow the fried Nippatlu to cool off completely before storing it in an air-tight container.
Tips for making Appalu/Nippatlu
We can use store-bought rice flour or we can soak the rice for 15 mins, spread it in a cloth, allow it to dry till it is rost in the pan for 5 minutes and then grind it in a mixer grinder to a smooth flour.