Take all the flour in a wide bowl, add salt, asafoetida, cumin powder and mix it
Melt butter and put it in it. Mix it well.
Take only half the quantity of the flour and knead to a stiff dough.
Heat pil in a kadai.
Grease the mould, take a ball of the dough, put it in it and press into concentric circles on a plastic sheet or a plate.
Once the oil is heated, slowly drop a couple of them into it and deep fry. Keep turning them, let them be golden in colour.
Remove in a plate with tissue paper, repeat for the rest of the dough.