Rice Namakpare is a crispy crunchy deep-fried snacks made from rice flour. It is basically rice fries that can be served as finger food for toddlers or as a flavorful tea-time snacks. The recipe is vegan and gluten-free. To make it a guilt free affair, you can air-fry or bake the rice namakpare. You can pair Rice Namakpare with any dip of your choice though it tastes good by itself.
What goes into this crispy rice Namakpare ? The ingredients:
The star ingredient of this dish is rice flour. You can use any variety of rice flour for this recipe. Rice flour makes this snacks gluten-free and super crispy. Apart from rice flour, some basic spices and herbs go into this dish and oil for deep frying. You might want to check out my Instant Rice Chakli recipe which is another crispy crunchy tea time snacks or Ammini Kozhukattai, the steamed rice flour dumplings, from my blogger friend Priya Vijay Krishna's space .
Dietary Notes:
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- Tea-time snacks
- Kid friendly
Preparation Time:15 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 dozen
Ingredients:
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon Onion seeds / Kalonji
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes
- A small bunch of fresh coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon oil + for deep frying
- Salt to taste
- Heat 1 cup water in a sauce pan to a rolling boil.
- Add turmeric powder, cumin seeds, Onion seeds, 2 teaspoon oil and salt to taste.
- Add rice flour to it and give a quick stir.
- Put off the flame and cover the saucepan for around 5 minutes.
- Once the dough has cooled down enough to handle, add chili flakes and finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Grease your palms and knead the cooked rice dough for 5 minutes, such that there are no lumps and the dough becomes smooth and pliable.
- Divide the dough into 2-3 equal size parts.
- Take one portion, cover the rest dough portions with a damp kitchen town to prevent drying out .
- Roll it out into a 1/4 inch thick sheet.
- Cut the dough into desired shape and deep fry until crispy and golden brown from all sides.
- Remove the fries on to a tissue paper lined plate and serve hot with ketchup or any dip of your choice.
- You can use any variety of rice flour to make this snacks.
- Knead the rice dough while it is still hot to make it smooth and pliable.
- Deep fry the rice namakpare on medium flame.
- Store the rice fries in an airtight container at room temperature.
- You can add minced garlic, or crushed dried fenugreek leaves to flavor the rice fries as variation.
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