Thenga Vada/Coconut vada

This tea time snack is easy to make with less ingredients.It is prepared using coconut and rice flour and deep fried in oil.

Ingredients

1. Rice flour (fine powder) – 3 cups
2. Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
3. sesame seeds/Ellu –1/2 tsp
4. cumin seeds/jeerakam – 1/2 tsp
5. Butter –4 tbsp
6. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch
7. salt
8. oil

Preparation

1. Boil water and add rice flour into it and make a smooth dough like idyappam dough.
2. Add ingredients 2 to 7 listed above and mix well using hand.
3. Make medium balls out of the mix and flatten it between the palms to make vada shape.
4. Heat oil in  a kadai and fry the vadas till golden brown.
5. Serve as a tea time snack.