Thattai Seedai

Thattai Seedai is one of the traditional snack recipe. It is one of the favourite snack item to prepare during Diwali times. The recipe is so simple to mix all the required dry ingredients together, preparing dough by mixing with right amount of water, making thattai seedais and deep fry it. the complete process took me around 20-30 minutes to prepare around 35-40 thattai seedais. Optionally, channa dal or sesame seeds can be added in this recipe (I Did Not Add as per my choice). sharing below the recipe i followed at home

Ingredients:

Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins

Rice Flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
Urad Dal – 1/4 cup
Chilli Powder – 2 tbsp
Asoefotida
Butter – 1/4 cup (room temperature)
Coconut grated – 3 tsp
Curry Leaves -5-6
Salt as required

Method:

Step 1 – Preparation of Urad dal powder:

in a heavy bottomed vessel, dry roast urad dal for 5 minutes or until turns golden brown
take out and spread it in a flat vessel and allow it to come to room temperature

Grind it into powder once cooled off completely
sieve it to get smooth texture
urad dal powder is ready now. Keep this aside

Step 2 – Dough Preparation:

take a vessel, dry roast rice flour for 5-7 minutes or until smells nice aroma
saute it Occasionally. make sure to prevent burn at the bottom
add the roasted rice flour to a dry bowl
add chili powder, scrapped coconut, urad dal powder(2 tbsp), butter,curry leaves and salt as required
mix everything together once

add water partly to form a perfect soft dough (approximately, requires around 3/4th cup of water)
in a flat bottomed tray/plate, place butterpaper/parchment paper
take small portion of dough, make round balls (small to medium sized), place it in the tray
repeat for the remaining dough