- Take rice flour in a mixing bowl . Add a pinch of salt . Add the soaked and drained chana daal . Roughly pound the cumin and peppercorns and add to the flour. Make a paste of curry leaves , green chillies and ginger . Add this to the flour . Add butter and mix everything very well , till the butter is completely incorporated . Using very little water , bind the dough . Make sure the dough is stiff and hard . Make balls out of the dough . Place the oil to heat . Using a plastic sheet place the dough ball and press it with fingers to make a disc. Fry on moderate flame , let the colour not change . Remove once you see the chana dal colour changes and is crisp . Store after they have cooled down .