Kodubale recipe

Kodubale is the name of the savory snack made basically with rice flour along with some other ingredients and spices. Since i can't give a parallel meaning word in English, I will just call it Kodubale itself.
Kodubale has been our favourite since we were kids. This is the season of Pithrupaksha where our ancestors are offered prayers and many many varieties of dishes, snacks and sweets. Kodubale too, had it's place among them, without fail. As kids, we would just wait for the prayers to be over and even before that, we would all have planned, who is going to pick which snack or sweets. Those were the fun days which are etched in my memory.
Even my kids love savory dishes more than the sweets and so I almost always have one or the other snack on hand for them. They just love Kodubale.

Bale means bangle in Kannada ( our mother tongue). Since this snack is made in a bangle shape, it is called so. Kodubale is the easiest to make instantly. With a handful of ingredients, the yield is more. I got this Kodubale recipe from my aunt who has been making them for decades now and has an expertise on them. I have myself been following this recipe since a few years as well. I can assure, this is the foolproof recipe. So let's begin making Kodubale.

Ingredients:

• Rice flour - 1 cup
• All purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
• Semolina - 1 cup
• Dry coconut + Peanuts ( coarsely powdered) - 1 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - few, chopped
• Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
• Butter - 2 tsp
• Salt - 1 1/2 tsp
• Water - 1 cup
• Oil - for deep frying

Method of preparing Kodubale :

• In a mixing bowl, take Rice flour, all purpose flour , Semolina, Cumin seeds, sesame seeds, curry leaves, red chilli powder and salt.
  
• In a mixer, coarsely pulse peanuts and grated dry coconut. Add to the mixing bowl and mix well with other ingredients.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Heat the butter until hot. Make a well in the center of the mixing bowl and add the hot butter. Mix well until it has a crumble texture.
  
  
  
  
• Add water gradually to the mixture and knead it into a soft but not sticky dough. The semolina absorbs moisture hence the dough must be little soft. Apply oil on the dough, cover it and let it rest for at least 20 minutes.
  
• Heat oil in a pan. Meanwhile, take a small portion of the dough and roll on a greased surface to make it into a thin elongated shape. Then bring the dough to make a circular shape like a ring , join the edges and pinch them as shown in the pictures below. Similarly make a few more, until the oil gets heated.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Once the oil is hot, slide the rolled kodubale slowly. Reduce the heat little and fry until both the sides turn golden brown.  Transfer onto a paper towel and repeat the process with the rest of the dough.
  
  
  
• Hot and spicy Kodubale is ready to be savoured along with hot tea or coffee, perfect to be served on a cold/ chilly evening as a snack.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

* Any snack should be deep fried in medium to low heat. This is to ensure the snack gets cooked evenly on the inside too.
So, this was the recipe of Kodubale. Please do give it a try and let me know how it turned out for you. Follow me on Googe+ and Pinterest to get updates on new posts. Thanks for being here. Bye!!