Chegodilu (crispy rice flour rings)

Ingredients for Chegodilu (crispy rice flour rings)
    2 cups Rice powder
    2 cups water
    1 tea spoon salt
    1 tea spoon of red chilli powder (optional)
    1 tea spoon ajwain (carom seeds)
    1 tea spoon til (Sesame)
    2 table spoons of moong dal (soaked in water for an hour)
    Oil for deep fry
    1 table spoon of desi ghee


Method:                                                    

•  Water being boiled with salt and moong dal
• Boil 2 cups of water in a pan.  Add salt, chilli powder and soaked moong dal.  Boil for few mins. and add a tea spoon of ghee to it. 
• Rice powder added to the boiled water
• Add the rice powder, mix well  and cover the pan with a lid .  Switch off the flame and let it cool.
• Dough
• Add Carom seeds and sesame.  Mix and knead well.  Make a smooth dough without any lumps. 
• Apply ghee to your fingers.  Take a small lemon size ball of the dough and roll between your palms to form a thick rope (you can see in the above pic.)  Bring the two ends together to form a ring.  In the same manner prepare the remaining chegodis too.                                 
• Heat Oil in a pan and deep fry the chegodis until golden color in a medium flame.  Drain on a kitchen paper and store in a airtight container.