THATTAI RECIPE
Makes ~20 small thattai
Ingredients:
Rice flour – 4 cups
Urad dal – 1/2 cup, ground to fine powder
Chana dal – 2 tbsp (I didn’t use them since didn’t have any)
Butter – 1/3 cup
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Sesame seeds (ellu) – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – a few, each cut into two
Salt – to taste
Water – about 1. 5 cups
Oil – for deep frying
How to Make Thattai
1. Mix all the ingredients and make a thick dough adding very little water at a time.
2. Divide and shape into marble-sized balls. Normally, the store bought ones are bigger but I made them small so that I can use less oil while frying.
3. Dampen fingers and gently the flatten the dough on a plastic sheet (I cut up the plastic bag in which I got the urad dal), to get a uniform disc of about 0.5cm thickness.
4. Prick the discs lightly with a fork (to prevent puffing up) and deep fry till golden brown.
Tastes awesome with some hot tea on Diwali, while chatting around the family coffee table with family 🙂
Thattai can be stored in an air tight container for upto a week. Just wait until completely cooled before storing it away.
Lori
They look really great. I wonder how they would do if they were baked. I just recently made some rice crackers with besan so I aimagine it would work. I like your spice combinations. I even have curry elaves in my freezer right now. I will give these a go.
Nags
Lori – Oh yes, I did consider baking too but didn’t have time to experiment so went with the tried and tested way. Do let me know if it worked for you 🙂
Srivalli
Congrats on your head diwali..:))…Thattais look great gurl!..you have become an expert in all matters…heheh!..thanks for my fav item..
Mahimaa's kitchen
looks so good Nags… i love thattais 🙁 Happy Thalai Diwali!
Sangeeth
wish u a very happy diwali
anudivya
Wish you a very happy Deepavali Nags.
Cham
Happy Diwali to you , the thattai looks perfect!
Laavanya
Nags, best wishes on your special Diwali 🙂 Love all things savoury and thattai in particular – looks yummy & crisp.
Divya Vikram
Happy thalai Deepavali! Thattai looks too good..
Lavi
Happy Thala Diwali Nags..Thattai has come perfect..i did’nt have courage to try..Good You made it perfect!