Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Servings: 4 Servings

Nippattu is a spicy deep-fried snack from Karnataka which is a perfect tea time snack. it is typically prepared during festival seasons like, deepavali, ganesh chaturthi and even krishna janmashtami. This is made with rice flour. I have used an autolysed rice flour dough to mimic the exact taste of the fried crackers. It's actually better than its deep-fried counterpart because this remains crispy even after a day whereas the fried ones become soft.

Ingredients

• 1 c rice flour dough
• 1/4 c roasted gram dal
• 1/4 c partially roasted peanuts (very slight black dots)
• Red chilli as per spice needed
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 1/4c dry coconut
• Unrefined salt

Method

• Coarsely grind peanuts, gram dal and red chilli and keep aside.
• Mix all the ingredients with the rice flour dough and knead to a soft consistency. Adjust salt accordingly as the dough also has some amount of salt
• Make lemon sized balls. Wash the hands regularly and make balls if it feels sticky
• I have used a roti press to make these balls flat. However, one can press using their palm on a plastic sheet.
• IMPORTANT: The covers are not oiled in this case. I have washed them and removed excess water droplets. Frequently washing the covers and then pressing between them will avoid the tikkis sticking to the cover while removing.
• Preheat the oven to 180c
• Line a tray with parchment and arrange the crackers
• Bake for exactly 13 mins. Keep a watch after 10 mins. It does not have to brown. As they get crispier, the ends of the tikkis will lift up and look dry.
• Allow it to cool and enjoy the crispy nippattu / crackers

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