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killu vathal recipe /Leftover rice vadam/pazhaya sadam vadagam

Ingredients
  

  • Left over cooked rice - 1 cup
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Jeera/seeragam - 3/4 tsp
  • Some curry leaves optional

Instructions
 

  • Take left over rice fully drained from water which have been soaked the previous day.
  • Add Turmeric,chilli powder,salt and jeera.
  • Sprinkle some water and run the mixer jar once so that it becomes little mushy,you can do it by hand also(not to be smooth).
  • Make a coarse dough like mass.
  • Add some chopped curry leaves(adding curry leaves is optional).
  • Pinch off little bits by hand on a polythene sheet.
  • Keep it under sun.
  • Next day remove vadams from the sheet and keep directly in a plate under sun.
  • As it is too hot outside it will take only two days to become crisp.
  • Fry these in oil and serve as a side dish for rasam,sambar or curd rice.

Notes

Dry vadams nicely so that it keeps well for days.
Don't leave them to brown,the taste will be lost.