Thattai

Happy Diwali to All ! We made Thattai and Salted Seedai along with our friends  Kalai and Jayanthi. It was fun cooking together !

Thattai is a yummy savory delight prepared during festivals of  Tamil Nadu , especially Diwali. Thattai can also be served as a tea time snack.

What you need for Thattai:

• Rice Flour - 2 cup
• Gram Flour/Besan- 1/2 cup
• Red Chilli Powder- 1 tbsp
• Hing - 1/4 tbsp
• Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
• Chana daal - 1/4 cup (soak it in water for 1 hr)
• Curry Leaves - few
• Ghee /Butter -1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

The preparation method:

• Take a bowl , mix all the ingredients together. Sprinkle water and mix all these ingredients to make it a thick dough.
• Take a piece of plastic paper, spread oil in the paper, make small ball of the flour, and keep it in paper.
• Grease the fingers with oil and press the ball to flatten it.
• Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan.
• Slowly turn the plastic paper over your palm. The greased plastic will enable flattened thattai to slip on your hands easily
• Fry  them  both sides to cook evenly until golden  brown
• Drop them on a paper towel to drain excess oil
• Once cooled, store them in an air tight container.
• Crispy and Spicy Thattai is ready for serving.