Wash and clean the rice well. Leave it to dry.

Once it has dried completely, powder it nicely along with the white gram.

Mix these two along with cumin seeds, asafoetida powder, butter and salt. Do not add water.

Take a little of this mixture and add water to it to get a dough like consistency.

Heat oil in a kadai or a pan.

:- To test if the oil is hot enough,drop a pinch of dough into it. If it sinks, the oil isn`t hot enough. If the dough springs to the top with bubbles all around it, then the oil is ready.

Take some dough, put it in a thenkuzhal squeeze and pass through the strainer into the hot oil.

Fry till golden brown.

:- Store in an air tight container.