Tapioca Fryums

Ingredients:

Sago/ Jawarisi 1 cup
Green chilies 3-6
Cumin seeds 2-4 spoons
Salt
Food color (optional)

Method:

Soak Sago for couple of hours.

Then grind the sago along with chilies, salt and cumin till thick.

In a sauce pan, boil water. Add this thick sago to it. Continue cooking over low-medium heat...with constant stirring. You will notice it turning to translucent to glassy appearance, much like a glue! One can add color at this point. Then remove from heat. Bring it to room temperature.

Take a clean sheet(plastic sheet preferably) or one could use cotton cloth also. Place this sheet under direct sun rays (Terrace/ Patio/ Sit-out)...place something hard on the 4 corners. So that the sheet won't fly away during windy days.

Well...now carefully take a spoon full of sago porridge and uniformly place on the sheets. Leave enough gap between each application. As you know...they tend to spread a little. Now sun dry them for couple of days to a week or until they are dry completely without any moisture.Remove these from the sheets and store in an air-tight container.

At the time of serving...heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot enough...fry few fryums at a time... it takes less than 20 seconds to get fried...so remove immediately using slotted spoon.