Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 4 Cups Rice
  • 4 to 6 Green Chilli
  • 25 to 30 Shallots
  • 10 Flakes Garlic
  • 2 Sprig Curry Leaves
  • 3 tsp Jeera
  • Salt (As Required)
  • ½ Lemon

Instruction

  • Soak the leftover rice in clean water and ensure the rice is immersed fully. The next day morning it looks fluffy, then rinse it once and drain the water completely.
  • Chop the shallots, garlic and curry leaves finely. Then measure and keep all the other ingredients ready.
  • To a mixer, add the green chilli's and grind it coarsely.
  • To the same mixer, add the soaked rice and grind it little coarsely without adding any water. If the rice is too dry, just sprinkle little water (never pour too much water) and then grind. Transfer the ground rice and green chilli to a mixing bowl.
  • Then, add the chopped shallots, garlic, curry leaves and required salt. Squeeze the lemon juice over it.
  • Mix it thoroughly. Spread a white cotton cloth in your balcony or terrace and sprinkle little water over the cloth. Pinch a small portion of the dough and keep it in the cloth.
  • Do the same with the remaining dough. Dry it for a full day in sunlight and keep it inside during the night time.
  • The next day, sprinkle little water at the back side of the cloth, remove the vathal and place it in a wide plate. Continue dry the vathal for the next 3 to 4 days until all the moisture is absorbed. Store it in an airtight, dry container and fry it whenever needed.
  • I have shown the pic of the fried vathal. For complete details, watch my YouTube video of the vathal making process.Serve the fried Killu Vathal Recipe with hot rice and Dal/Paruppu Rasam.