THATTAI (VERY POPULAR SOUTH INDIAN SNACKS)

South Indian snacks are very popular in whole India. The verity of snacks items are made with rice here since rice takes major part of diet here. I love Murukku, Thattai, and Athirasam but before wedding I didn’t know how to make these. After wedding I started learning all these from my MIL and I am still learning. Recently got chance to learn from her how to make Thattai and it came out very well. Here is what my MIL has thought me:-


THATTAI

Preparation time: 15 minutes (Approximately)

Cooking time-45 minutes-1 hours (Approximately)

Makes-50 medium size numbers of Thattai

INGREDIENTS

Rice Flour-2 cups

Black Gram (Urad Dal) Flour-4 tabs

Grated Coconut-6 tabs

Toor Dal or Gram Dal-4-6 tabs (Soaked in water before one hour)

Sesame Seeds-2 tabs

Coconut Oil-2 tabs

Unsalted Butter-2 tabs

Crushed Pepper Corn-4 tabs

Red Chilli Powder- 2 tsp or as you required

Salt- to taste

Asafoetida powder- 1 tsp

Curry leaves-few

Oil- for deep frying

Method

• Take a mixing bowl.

• Put rice flour, black gram flour and salt. Mix well.

• Now add grated coconut, soaked dal, sesame seeds. Butter, crushed pepper corn, red chilli powder, curry leaves and asafoetida powder.

• Mix all this well.

• By sprinkling some water to flour, make soft dough from it but it should not be watery.

• Now heat a pan and put oil in this for deep frying.

• Take a thin cleaned cloth or plastic paper.

• Wipe your fingers with a drop of coconut oil.

• Take a small lemon size ball of prepared dough.

• Keep this on the one side of edge of cloth or plastic paper and closed it with other side of edge.

• Now press this by your hand or a wide base vessel to make small circle.

• Fry this in hot oil in medium heat till it is cooked well.

• Remove on kitchen tissues for excess oil.

• Cool and store in air tight container.



MY TIPS

• For making black gram dal flour take 5-6 tabs of whole or split dal and dry roast in a pan and make fine powder in mixer.

• I have used pepper and red chilli powder for this you can use any of these as you like.