Thattai is a popular snack in tamilnadu. I don’t know about other states. Crispy thattai’s are great snack with a cup of tea. Try it you gonna love it.

Ingredients
Rice flour 2 cups
Channa dal (Kadalai paruppu) – 1/2 cup
Gram flour (Kadalai mavu) -1/2 cup
Chick peas flour/ Pottu kadalai mavu – 1/2 cup
Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp or red chilly – 4 (if using red chilly grind it )
Cumin seeds- 2 tsps
Black sesame seeds – 1 tsp
Curry Leaves- few (Crushed)
Melted butter or vegetable oil – 2 tsps
Salt
Method
1. Soak the channa dal (Kadalai paruppu) in water for 30minutes. Drain the water and keep aside.
2. Mix rice flour, gram flour, chick peas flour, chilly powder, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, curry leaves and salt. Add the soaked channa dal to the mixture .
3. Add water little by little and make the dough as murukku dough. Make small lime size balls and flatten each balls as thin as possible.
4. Deep fry until it is brown and crispy. Store it in a airtight container and enjoy with tea.
(I added little orange food color, but that is optional)
Note: (to flatten the balls, if you can able do it with your hands, else use a ziplog bag. Cut two opposite closed edges . Place the dough on one side and cover it with other side and roll it into a thin layer. Apply little oil so that it won’t stick.)
January 16, 2007 at 11:50 am
Hi Jas,took a little break over the weekend! It was worth it bcos look at my fav snack here!:)) YUM!!Looks so good,thank you.
January 16, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Looks great!!!! And easy to make too!!!
January 17, 2007 at 6:47 am
I love to have something with my tea/coffee..this is a great recipe, and something different too. Thanks!
January 17, 2007 at 10:00 am
Hi Jas
I love thattai too. It was my favorite snack as a kid. BTW, you have a good blog here. I am going to add this blog to my blogroll. Cheers!
January 17, 2007 at 10:15 am
Asha : Nice to see you back! Thank you
Coffee : Yea its easy! Thank you
Trupti : Try this! surely you will love it.
Lakshmi : Thanks for adding mine to your blog roll! Visit me often.
January 22, 2007 at 5:53 am
Looks sooo good ! perfect color
January 27, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Hi Jasmine,
Excellent recipe.I tried it & the thattais were very crispy.Thanks for the recipe.
Regards,
Kate.
January 28, 2007 at 9:27 am
Hi kate,
It is nice to hear that came out well.Thanks for stopping by.
March 18, 2008 at 9:08 am
Hi Jasu,
Very nice blog with rich content! This kindles my interest in blogging…
Photos and Slideshows are catchy!
You may also provide podcasts…
I noticed them in another veggie blog…
http://talkingveggie.blogspot.com/
Thank You!
-Ram
June 10, 2008 at 9:18 am
hi
thatti came out very well to me
my two year daughter enjoyed very much
thanks to u
November 5, 2008 at 9:25 am
hi,i tried this item but it never turned crispy.i hav added acc to ur measurements.
December 25, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I tried to make Thattai today but it didn’t come out well. I used the recipe given here which is somewhat similar to your recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwaX2MnrxiE, which uses only rice flour. He recommends that I use low heat. My thattai stayed half done (”arai vekkadu”). I tried with the highest heat on my electric stove. The oustide only got barely non-white. The inside was still white. I added one teaspoon of oil. The thattai never turned brown. It was not crispy.
> i tried this item but it never turned crispy
My experience was similar. What could be I doing wrong? Thanks.