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.
Sia
Gorgeous click Nags.
Shreya
they look so perfect.. love your pic!:-)
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks perfect!!Hope u had a peaceful head diwali here;)
farida
Happy Diwali to you and your family! This snack looks very good. Yum!
Me
Happy Diwali!
You wouldn’t believe it but I was scouring the internet for savory snack recipes for a chat pot luck Diwali party on Sunday!!!
Came by your site to look for it and had to contend with a pani puri recipe from elsewhere 🙁
Will be trying this yummy recipe soon!!!
Jayashree
Hope you had a wonderful thala deepavali. Thattai looks wonderfully brown and crisp.
Shaheen (Coco)
Hi Nags! Happy Diwali. Thattai looks like something I’d like to snack on.
jayasree
Happy thalai diwali..Thattai looks crisp.
Sujatha
Nags, thattai looks wonderful! I was going back and forth this time on thattai and murukku for diwali this time, and ended up with murukku..:) your thattai looks so tempting!
Mansi
that looks awesome Nags! never tasted it, but I bet it tastes wonderful! I too made Garlic Sev for Diwali:)
Wish you and your family a very Happy & prosperous Diwali girl! and this one's extra special for you:)D