
- Recipe Cusine : Indian
- Prep Time : 15 Minutes
- Cook time : 30 Minutes
- Serves : 3 cups approx.
- Author : Jeyashri
- Recipe Category : Snack
- Description : Garlic ribbon pakoda| Garlic seeval recipe, spicy garlic flavored ribbon murukku recipe with step by step pictures, a perfect savory for diwali
Besan | Kadalai maavu | gram flour 1 cup Rice flour 1 cup Red chili 7-8 Garlic 7-8 pods Hot oil 2 tblsp + Oil for deep frying Salt as needed
Method :
- Grind the garlic and red chili into a fine paste by adding little water to it.
- In a wide bowl add the rice flour, gram flour (kadalai maavu), salt and ground chili garlic paste.
- Add 2 tblsp of hot oil to this.
- If you want add 1 tsp sesame seeds too.
- Sprinkle water and knead into a soft non sticky dough.
- Heat the oil for deep frying.
- I used this achu for making this ribbon pakoda. Traditionally they use seeval kattai for making garlic seeval.
- We are using ribbon murukku achu.
- Put a small portion of dough into the achu and cover it.
- Squeeze this into hot oil.
- Keep the flame low.
- Always keep the remaining dough covered.
- Do not disturb this for few seconds. Then slowly flip it and cook on both sides till the oil sound subsides.
- Take it out from oil and drain excess oil in kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Once it is done, gently break them.
- Store them in an airtight container.
- The Garlic ribbon pakoda tastes more flavourful after 3-4 hours.
- Enjoy the ribbon pakoda along with tea.
- I added 7 red chili and 8 medium sized garlic. I later felt i should have added little more to this. It was medium spicy.
- Ensure oil is hot while squeezing in the ribbon pakoda.
- If making in bulk make the dough for garlic ribbon murukku in batches.

Method with step by step pictures :
- Grind the garlic and red chili into a fine paste by adding little water to it.

- In a wide bowl add the rice flour, gram flour (kadalai maavu), salt and ground chili garlic paste.
- Add 2 tblsp of hot oil to this.
- If you want add 1 tsp sesame seeds too.
- Sprinkle water and knead into a soft non sticky dough.
- Heat the oil for deep frying.
- I used this achu for making this ribbon pakoda. Traditionally they use seeval kattai for making garlic seeval.

- We are using ribbon murukku achu.
- Put a small portion of dough into the achu and cover it.
- Squeeze this into hot oil.
- Keep the flame low.
- Always keep the remaining dough covered.
- Do not disturb this for few seconds. Then slowly flip it and cook on both sides till the oil sound subsides.

- Take it out from oil and drain excess oil in kitchen towel.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Once it is done, gently break them.
- Store them in an airtight container.

- The Garlic ribbon pakoda tastes more flavourful after 3-4 hours.
- Enjoy the ribbon pakoda along with tea.
- Ribbon pakoda stays good for a week to 10 days, but in our house it got over in few hours.

- I added 7 red chili and 8 medium sized garlic. I later felt i should have added little more to this. It was medium spicy.
- Ensure oil is hot while squeezing in the ribbon pakoda.
- If making in bulk make the dough for garlic ribbon murukku in batches.