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Ribbon Pakoda (Nada Recipe) | Traditional Method

Posted on Oct 31st, 2015
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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Ribbon Pakoda is a famous South Indian snack usually prepared during Diwali and other festivals. It's made using Rice Flour, Channa dal & Moong dal flours. People call it by different names - Ribbon Murukku, Ola Pakoda, Nada, etc., These can be made in bulk and stored it in an air tight container to be had later. This is a perfect tea time snack.
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
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Ribbon Pakoda is one of the popular savories in Tamil Nadu. It’s a festival delicacy and also perfect for the evening snack. Not just for festival, this is given as seer bakshnam for many auspicious occasions like marriages, seemandham etc., in Tamil Nadu. This is one of the spicy, crispy, easy to make snack.

There are multiple variations in the flours used, its proportions and ways of making Ribbon Pakoda. In this recipe below, I have adopted a Traditional way of making Ribbon Pakoda which we follow in our home for over a generation. We always get nice texture, crispier and tasty Nada. Homemade rice flour is best for this ribbon pakoda as it will give a nice texture and crispy taste. But we can very well use store bought rice flour too. Here, I have given recipe with homemade rice flour.

How to get crispier, tastier Ribbon Pakoda with right texture

  • Smooth Flours – The flours should be sieved at least a couple of times.  Smooth flours is very important to ensure that the Ribbon Pakoda don’t burst while frying.
  • Cook in Low Flame – Deep fry the ribbon padoka/Nada in low flame till it is crisp and turns light golden brown color and the bubbles starts to suppress and also the sizzling sound will come down. This is important to ensure that we get crispier Nada.
  • Home made Flours – I prefer to make the flours in home as it will help to get golden, crispy and best tasting Ribbon Pakoda. We can still using store bought flours, but the quality and the taste that we get from home made flour is always superior.
  • Ratio of the Flour – The ratio that i have given in the recipe gives you best tasting Nada. Please use 2 : 1/2 : 1/2 ratio for Rice Flour : Moong Flour : Gram Flour
  • Butter – Adding more butter may result in nada getting dissolved while frying. Please use the the right quantity mentioned in this recipe (or less). If you are Vegan, then replace butter with hot oil.

You can also try:

  1. Ribbon pakoda – Quick version with Roasted Gram and Rice flour
  2. Mullu Thenkuzhal
  3. Omapodi (Sev)
  4. Diwali Mixture
  5. Karaboondhi

Recipe Card to make Ribbon Pakoda

Ribbon Pakoda | Nada | Ribbon Murukku | Ola Pakoda
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Ribbon Pakoda | Nada | Ribbon Murukku | Ola Pakoda

Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
  • Ribbon Pakoda Press & Mould
  • Heavy Bottomed Pan
Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 250 grams
Calories: 750kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Ribbon Pakoda is a famous South Indian snack usually prepared during Diwali and other festivals. It's made using Rice Flour, Channa dal & Moong dal flours. People call it by different names - Ribbon Murukku, Ola Pakoda, Nada, etc., These can be made in bulk and stored it in an air tight container to be had later. This is a perfect tea time snack.
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups Raw Rice 1 cup = 250 ml
  • ½ cup Chana Dal
  • ½ cup Moong dal
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 2 tsp Salt adjust to to your taste
  • Oil for frying
  • ¼ tsp Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)

Instructions

Making of the Flours

  • Rinse the raw rice in water atleast couple of times. Then add fresh water to the raw rice to soak them well and leave the raw rice to get soaked for atleast an hour.
  • After an hour, drain the water from rice and spread it in a clean white towel to get it dried. 
  • Meanwhile, Heat the pan and add channa dal and fry till the dal is hot. Keep it aside. 
  • Add moong dal and fry till the dal is hot. Keep it aside
  • If you have an access to Rice Mill, then Mix Rice and dals and grind to a nice powder in the rice mill.  If you are living abroad or you are planning to do smaller quantities, then you can grind the rice and dals in the mixer itself. First grind the dry roasted dals in the mixer to a fine powder. 
  • Pass the ground dal powder through the sieve to get rid of lumps. Grind the dals in batch and do the sieving process to get nice and smooth dal powder. Now, Grind the rice in the mixer to a nice powder. Normally we don’t get any lumps.
  • But we should sieve it couple of time to get a smooth rice flour. If we get any lumps while we sieve, again add the lumps of rice flour to the mixer and grind it again to a smooth flour and again sieve it. Repeat the sieve process again and again till we get a smooth and nice rice flour. If we have good sunny weather, then we can spread the ground smooth rice flour in a newspaper and keep it in sun to dry the rice flour nicely.

Making Ribbon Pakoda dough

  • Now mix the dal flour and the rice flour nicely and take it in a mixing bowl. To the flour, add red chilli powder, salt, butter and hing 
  • Add water and make the flour into a chapati like soft dough. If the dough is very hard then it will be hard for us to squeeze the press and mould. If we are making larger quantities of ribbon pakoda, then take part of the flour and then add and knead it to dough. Do not add water and mix all the flours at once.

Making of Ribbon Pakoda

  •  Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, and when the oil is hot add a little pinch of dough to check for the hotness. When the dough raises immediately then the oil is ready for frying. Put 1 hand full of dough in a press, and close the press with ribbon pakoda mold. Squeeze the dough to a big circle.
  • Deep fry the ribbon padoka/Nada in low flame till it is crisp and turns light golden brown color and the bubbles starts to suppress and also the sizzling sound will come down. This is the right stage. Do not keep the flame high as it will change the color quickly but the nada would not be crispy. 
  • Take it out and place it in a oil strainer with a paper towel to remove excess oil and allow it to cool. Repeat the step for the rest of the dough. Store it in a air tight container and serve.
  • The delicious ribbon padoka / Nada is ready to serve.

Video

Notes

  1. Flours should be sieved twice to get rid of any lumps. If the flours is coarse, then the ribbon pakoda will burst in oil
  2. We can use the same ratio (rice:chana dal:moong dal - 2: 1/2 : 1/2) for the store bought flours too
  3. Adjust the red chili powder according to your taste and need.
  4. You can replace red chili powder with Pepper powder also
  5. The same dough can be used to make Chakli (Murukku) as well - Refer the link below for how to make both Chakli & Nada using the same dough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzKzAWVeLJI

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts
Ribbon Pakoda | Nada | Ribbon Murukku | Ola Pakoda
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 750 Calories from Fat 486
% Daily Value*
Fat 54g83%
Saturated Fat 32g200%
Sodium 42mg2%
Carbohydrates 60g20%
Protein 10g20%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method with Step by Step Pictures :

  • Rinse the raw rice in water atleast couple of times. Then add fresh water to the raw rice to soak them well and leave the raw rice to get soaked for atleast an hour. After an hour, drain the water from rice and spread it in a clean white towel to get it dried.
  • Meanwhile, Heat the pan and add channa dal and fry for some time till the dal is hot. Keep it aside. Add moong dal and fry for some time till the dal is hot. Keep it aside
  • Mix Rice and dals and grind to a nice powder it in rice mill. If you are living abroad or you are planning to do smaller quantities, then you can grind the rice and dals in the mixer itself. First grind the dry roasted dals in the mixer to a fine powder.  Pass the ground dal powder through the sieve to get rid of lumps. Grind the dals in batch and do the sieving process to get nice and smooth dal powder. Now, Grind the rice in the mixer to a nice powder. Normally we don’t get any lumps.
  • But we should sieve it couple of time to get a smooth rice flour. If we get any lumps while we sieve, again add the lumps of rice flour to the mixer and grind it again to a smooth flour and again sieve it. Repeat the sieve process again and again till we get a smooth and nice rice flour. If we have good sunny weather, then we can spread the ground smooth rice flour in a newspaper and keep it in sun to dry the rice flour nicely.
  • Now mix the dal flour and the rice flour nicely and take it in a mixing bowl. To the flour, add red chilli powder, salt, butter and hing
  • Add water and make the flour into a chapati like dough. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, and when the oil is hot add a little piece of dough to check for the hotness. When the dough raises immediately then the oil is ready for frying. Put 1 hand full of dough in a press, and close the press with ribbon pakoda mould. Squeeze the dough to a big circle. Deep fry the ribbon padoka/Nada in low flame till it is crisp and turns light golden brown color and the bubbles starts to suppress and also the sizzling sound will come down. This is the right stage. Do not keep the flame high as it will change the color quickly but the nada would not be crispy.
  • Take it out and place it in a oil strainer with a paper towel to remove excess oil and allow it to cool. Repeat the step for the rest of the dough. Store it in a air tight container and serve.
  • The delicious ribbon padoka/Nada is ready to serve.
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william says:
October 10, 2009 at 12:15 pm

Hey ! first of all I would like to say thank you very much. I made this dish just yesterday. It was too good. My wife liked to much.
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Anonymous says:
October 26, 2011 at 2:29 am

Hiya! thanks 🙂 Mom made this for us today to celebrate Diwali. It was good 😀

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usha says:
February 7, 2012 at 9:07 am

Thanks for the recipe. It came out very weel and my grandson simply loved it

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WILLIAM says:
May 28, 2012 at 3:27 am

Thanks for giving a delicious recipe. Travesti

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Anonymous says:
June 9, 2012 at 8:17 am

very easy and nice recipe
jayanthi

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Vijaya Hariharan says:
October 29, 2013 at 11:52 am

The pakoras are breaking. I have used the same proportion as you have mentioned. Is the water more? Do I add a little rice flour to correct it.

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anu says:
November 7, 2013 at 5:48 am

Prepared Ribbon pakoda, omapodi and sevencup sweet as per ur measurement. it was awesome mami. Thank u soo much for ur wonderful recepies.

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anu says:
November 7, 2013 at 5:49 am

Prepared Ribbon pakoda omapodi and sweets as per ur measurement. I was awesome mami.Thank u soo much for ur wonderful recepies

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asha murali says:
October 14, 2014 at 7:49 am

Mami, I live in Dubai. Can I use store brought rice powder. If yes what is the proportion mami? Thank u.

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subbuskitchen says:
October 14, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Hi Asha, For 6 cups of rice flour, fry 1 cup of moon dal and 1 cup of channa dal and grind it to a nice powder and mix with 6 cups of rice flour.

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chitra sudhakaran says:
October 20, 2014 at 4:52 pm

I made it wid 4 cup rice flour,1 cup chanma dal,1cup moong dal.same procedure followed but while pouring through mould . Dough breaks and dissolves in oil. Totally wasted

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subbuskitchen says:
October 21, 2014 at 8:54 am

I have given ratio for rice and not rice flour. If we soak and grind a cup of rice, we would surely get 1.5 cups of rice flour. So for 1 cup of channadal and 1 cup of moong dal, you have to taje atleast 6 cups of rice flour. The rice flour keeps the nada crispy and strong. so if we add less rice flour, then the dough will start to break. Try using this ratio.

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Anonymous says:
November 7, 2014 at 7:57 am

moong dal??? Never heard of moong dal in Ribbon pakoda

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Anitha Shri says:
September 19, 2016 at 7:06 am

Hi mami,
Instead of roasting and grinding channa dal can I use pottu kadalai powder .
Kindly let me know

Best regards

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Anitha Shri says:
September 19, 2016 at 7:08 am

Hi mami,
Can I used powder of fried gram dhal instead of roasting channa dal and grinding it. Kindly let me know

Best regards

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subbuskitchen says:
September 21, 2016 at 2:25 am

sure you can use fried gram dal. Sometimes fried gram dal makes the dough so brittle while frying in oil. Thats the reason we add roasted channa dal

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Megha says:
September 17, 2018 at 7:51 pm

Thanks a ton ma’am
Tried ribbon pakoda receipe
It’s a super hit

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
September 18, 2018 at 1:35 am

Glad to hear Megha

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Sudha says:
November 17, 2018 at 9:37 am

I tried the recipe and it turned out well. Thanks

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
November 20, 2018 at 5:43 am

Glad to hear Thanks

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Radha says:
July 4, 2020 at 7:03 pm

I tried but it didn’t came well

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Sowmya Venkatachalam says:
July 4, 2020 at 9:40 pm

Great. Thanks for the feedback.

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