Kozhikkal (Tapioca Stick Fry)

Preparation time: 15 mts Veg Cooking Time: 20 mts Ingredients: Tapioca - 500 gm (peel the skin, cut and slit into thin strips) Gram flour-3/4 cup Kashmiri chilly powder-2tsp Ginger chopped-1tsp Green chilly chopped-1tsp Rice powder-1tsp Cornflour-1tsp Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Fennel seed-1/4 tsp Curry leaves finely chopped-1 string Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Preparation: Half cook the tapioca with little salt. Make a batter with gram flour, turmeric powder, chilly powder, rice powder, corn flour and salt. Then add the fennel seeds, ginger, green chilly and curry leaves . Mix well. Dip the half cooked tapioca strips in to the batter and then deep fry. Kozhikkal is ready to serve.