Thattai is a deep fried crispy dal snack popular in India. This thattai recipe is mainly prepared during festivals especially on diwali and Krishna Jayanthi.This deep-fried, finger licking savory that goes good for evening snack to munch with a hot cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients For Thattai
- 1 Cup of Rice Flour
- 1 Tbsp of Urad Dal Flour
- 1 Tbsp of Fried Gram Dal Flour (Pottukadalai Mavvu)
- 1/4 Tsp of Asafoetida
- 1 Tsp of Red Chilly Powder
- 2 Tsp of Urad Dal
- 2 Tsp of Channa Dal
- 1 Tsp of Sesame Seeds
- 1 Tbsp of Butter
- Few Curry Leaves
- Oil for deep frying
- Salt and Water as needed
Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Makes: 15 thattai
Method for thattai recipe
- Dry roast the urad dal in a pan till it turns golden brown color. Switch off the stove. Grind it to a smooth powder. Sieve it and use it as urad dal flour.
- Soak channa dal and urad dal for 2 hrs.
- In a bowl, mix rice flour, urad dal flour, fried gram dal flour, asafoetida, salt, butter, sesame and soaked urad-channa dal.
Dough |
- Add water to make smooth dough. keep it covered and wait for 10-15 mins.
Make a equal size balls from dough |
- Make a equally size balls out of the dough. Place it in a greased plastic sheet, flatten it with your fingers.
- I kept the ball in a greased ziploc bag, placed another greased ziploc on top of it and pressed it with stainless steel bowl or do it with your fingers.
- Remove thattai carefully from ziploc bag and put gently in hot oil. Cook in medium flame.
- Deep fry until it turns golden brown on both sides.
- Keep the oil in medium flame and deep fry all the prepared thattai in the same way. Let it cool down for a while. Then store it an air-tight container.
- Enjoy thattai with tea / coffee time snack.
Tips
- Adding Urad dal is optional but I used in my recipe because it gives nutty taste to the thattai.
- You can add peanuts and grated coconut to this recipe.
- Always cook thattai in medium flame.
- You can increase the channa dal quantity for more crunchiness.
Health Benefits of Thattai
- Protein rich snack.
- Channa dal are good for people with diabetes, it has low glycemic index.
- Urad dal enhances digestion and boost heart health.
Recipe source – raks kitchen
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Crispy Thattai and aggressive way of explaining the process of preparing this snack item,keep going admin..
looks perfect!!!! Thanks for linking it to my event!! Looking for more yummy recipes!!
Sowmya
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