Rontos ani Dali Thoy / Rice Flour Puri and Dal Potato Curry

 Rontos ani dali thoy is a Konkani style deep fried puris made with rice flour and served with dal potato curry. Rontas and Thoy is a good combo dish and is usually prepared in Kochi GSB homes in Kerala on Holi celebration day in Kochi.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Rontos ani Dali Thoy.

Ingredients:-

Ingredients for Rontos / Rice flour Puri:-

Rice flour. - 1 cup
Hot water. - 3/4 cup
Oil.            - 1tsp
Salt.           - to taste.

Ingredients for Dali Thoy/ Dal Potato Curry

Tur dal.                - 1 cup
Potato.                  - 1 big
Turmeric powder. - 1/4 tsp
Green chillies.       - 3
Salt.                       - to taste
Coconut oil.           - 1tsp
Mustard seeds        - 1tsp
Cumin seeds.          - 1tsp
Dry Red chillies.     - 2
Curry leaves.           -1 sprig

Method for making Rontos / Rice Puri:-

1). In a mixing bowl add 1cup rice flour and little salt and mix well.Add 3/4 cup hot boiled water little by little into the rice flour and mix it with a spoon.Add 1tsp coconut oil into the bowl and mix the rice flour with your hands and make a soft dough.

2). Apply little coconut oil on your palms and make small lemon size dough balls and keep aside for half an hour to rest.

3). Keep one plastic sheet on a roti press maker and apply little oil on the plastic sheet.Place one rice ball in the middle of the plastic sheet.

4). Apply little oil on another plastic sheet and keep it over the rice ball.

5). Press the roti press maker to flatten the rice ball in between the oiled plastic sheets and make a medium thin round shape rice puri.Repeat the process and make medium size thin rice puris.

6). Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Once the oil is hot drop the flattened rice puris in hot oil and deep fry them utill crisp and little golden colour.

7). Flip the puris with a spoon and splash little hot oil over the puris to puff it up.

8). Remove the deep fried rice puri from hot oil with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate. Repeat the process and deep fry the remaining flattened rice puris. Deep fried Rontas / Rice flour Puri are ready.

Method for making Dali Thoy / Dal Potato Curry.

1). Peel the skin of 1 potato. Wash and chop potato into small pieces. Wash and half slit 3 green chillies lengthwise.

2). Wash and pressure cook 1cup tur dal along with chopped potatoes, half slit green chillies, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and 2 cup of water for 4 whistels or till soft.

3). In a wide bottom cooking vessel add the pressure cooked tur dal potato mixture along with cooked water and boil for 3 minutes.

4). Add required salt into the vessel and mix with tur dal potato mixture.Boil for 2 minutes on low flame and switch off the flame.

5). Heat 1tsp coconut oil in a small pan for seasoning and splutter 1tsp mustard seeds and 1tsp cumin seeds and saute well.Add 2 broken dry red chilly halves and 1sprig curry leaves into the pan and fry in oil for a second and switch off the flame.

6). Pour the above seasoning into the dal potato curry in the cooking vessel and mix well. Dali Thoy / Dal Potato Curry is ready.

7). Now a good combo of Rontos and Thoy / Rice Puri and Dal Potato Curry is ready to serve.

8). Transfer the deep fried puffed up crispy Rontas / Rice Puri on a serving plate and pour Dali Thoy / Dal Potato Curry over the crispy rice puri to soften it and serve with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

Try the recipe and enjoy the healthy combo dish.