Processing Rice Flour

Processing rice flour is the base for murukkus and also idiyappam/othu shavige.

There is a slight difference between murukku flour and idiyappam flour.

Method:

The quantity of rice always depends on the measurement you needed for murukkus.

Take raw rice(not basmati rice), wash it twice or thrice and remove all the dirt and stones if any.

Drain the water completely and spread on a white cloth like veti/panche in shade.

Never dry in hot sun.

When completely dried, 

For Idiyappam Flour, just give in to the flour mill and finely powder and store  in air tight containers and use whenever needed.

For Murukkus, When dried , take a thick bottomed pan in medium low heat, once fistful of rice at a time fry it , until you feel  the rice is just hot for your hands . Take care the rice should not change colour, this will affect the colour of the murukkus.

Continue this for rest of the rice.

Flour mill with rest of the ingredients you need to make murukkus and store in air tight containers.