Thattai

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.
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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.)

12 Responses to “Thattai”

  1. Asha Says:

    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.

  2. Coffee Says:

    Looks great!!!! And easy to make too!!!

  3. Trupti Says:

    I love to have something with my tea/coffee..this is a great recipe, and something different too. Thanks!

  4. Lakshmik Says:

    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!

  5. Just for fun Says:

    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.

  6. Krithika Says:

    Looks sooo good ! perfect color

  7. Kate Says:

    Hi Jasmine,

    Excellent recipe.I tried it & the thattais were very crispy.Thanks for the recipe.

    Regards,
    Kate.

  8. Just for fun Says:

    Hi kate,
    It is nice to hear that came out well.Thanks for stopping by.

  9. Ramalingam Chelliah Says:

    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

  10. bhuvana Says:

    hi
    thatti came out very well to me
    my two year daughter enjoyed very much
    thanks to u

  11. sheeba Says:

    hi,i tried this item but it never turned crispy.i hav added acc to ur measurements.

  12. sojourner Says:

    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.


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