Crispy thattai

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Thattai is a traditional South Indian snack, great to nibble with piping hot tea on a cold wintery day. I learnt this favorite recipe from my mother, who is an excellent cook. Check out this recipe here…

Ingredients

Boiled rice - 2 cup

Fried gram - ¾ cup

Oil - 500 ml

Red chilly - 6 to 8

Garlic - 10 pods

Melted butter - 4 tbsp

Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp

Bengal gram dal - 1 tbsp

Toor dal - 1 tbsp

Moong dal - 1 tbsp

Peanut - 8

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

Wash and soak boiled rice in water for 4 to 5 hrs.

2.

Grind in mixer to fine thick batter by adding little water.

3.

Soak 1 tbsp Bengal gram dal, 1 tbsp toor dal and 1 tbsp moong dal in water for 10 mins.

4.

Grind fried gram to fine pwd.

5.

Grind red chilly and garlic to smooth paste by sprinkling water to it.

6.

Now combine all the above, add water, knead it to make a soft dough.

7.

To this add melted butter, salt, sesame seeds, soaked and drained Bengal gram dal, toor dal, moong dal, asafoetida and crushed peanuts.

8.

Mix all the above.

9.

Allow to remain for 5 minutes.

10.

See to it the dough is soft. It shouldn’t be tight or watery, since the secret of crispy crunchy Thattai lies in the texture of this dough.

11.

Wet your palm with a drop of oil. Take a small lemon sized ball of the dough.

12.

Pat it flat into a small circle.

13.

Transfer it into the hot oil.

14.

At a time, 8 to 10 Thattais can be fried.

15.

Take it from oil, once the Thattai turns golden brown in colour.

16.

Crispy, delicious Thattai ready to taste.

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