Malabar Style Ney pathiri (fried masala rice Pooris)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup Rice flour
• to taste Salt
• as needed Cooking oil, for frying the pathiris
• 2 Onions chopped
• 1 spring curry leaves
• 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
• 4 tablespoons Fresh coconut

Steps

1. Make a coarse paste from the chopped onions, curry leaves, cumin seeds and coconut by grinding them together, then set it aside.
2. In a saucepan, combine rice flour, salt to taste, the ground onion paste and about 1/2 cup water. Mix until no lumps remain.
3. Over medium heat, keep stirring the rice mixture until the rice is cooked and it comes together into a thick dough. Turn off the heat, take the dough out and spread it on a plate to cool.
4. Heat oil in a kadai for frying the puris. Take a small ball of dough and roll it flat, keeping it from becoming too thin. Flatten it and roll again to about 1 centimeter thickness. Once the oil is hot, fry the puri.
5. Keep turning the puri over as it fries so both sides brown evenly. Lift it out and drain it over a napkin, then repeat with the remaining ingredients.
6. Offer the pathiris hot with coconut chutney.