In a wide bowl add rice flour, gram flour, sesame seeds, salt, cumin and red chilly powder.

Give all these dry ingredients a quick mix. Next add hot oil and mix once again so that it forms crumble like texture.

Next adding water in steps knead a stiff dough.

Next pinch half of the dough and shape it like cylinder. Fill the ribbon pakoda press with this dough. Meanwhile heat enough oil in heavy bottom wok/kadai.

When the oil gets heated up, press the ribbon pakoda directly in to hot oil. Deep fry them and turn the pakoda to get cooked both sides. When sh...sound seizes, remove the pakoda and drain over kitchen tissue.

Crispy besan ribbon pakoda is ready to munch when you are lazying around.

Adding hot oil makes the ribbon pakoda crispy. So don't skip it.

You can add the spices according to your preferences. Carom seeds, black pepper are some of the options.

You can even add gram flour and rice flour in equal proportions.