Malabar Style Ney Pathiri Recipe (Fried Masala Rice Puri)

Malabar Style Ney Pathiri Recipe (Fried Masala Rice Puri) Malabar Style Ney Pathiri Recipe (Fried Masala Rice Puri) is a dish that is made from pathiri which is a bread that is popular in Kerala. Pathiri is made using rice flour and is then cooked on a griddle. But in this recipe, the pathiri is deep fried in oil thus the name “Ney Pathiri” in which “ney” means “oil”. The ground onion and cumin seeds are added to the rice flour dough and then rolled to form puris. The recipe uses rice flour but you can use soaked rice as well and then ground to smooth powder to make the pathiri.