Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Thattai



Ingredients:

Raw rice – 200 grm
Urad dal – 50 grm
Asafetida powder – ½ tsp
chilli Powder - 1½  tsp
Gram dal - 2 tsp
Garlic (crushed)– 4 cloves
Coconut – 4 tsp(cut into small pieces)
Curry leaves - few
Sesame – 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Butter – 2 tsp
Oil - for frying

Method:

Wash and clean the rice well and soak for 3 hrs. Let it out to dry and once it has dried completely, powder it nicely. Fry the urad dal and powder it and keep it aside. Let the gram soak in water for one hour.

Take the rice flour, urad dal flour, soaked gram dal, asafetida powder, chilli powder,garlic,Curry leaves,sesame,salt, butter and mix well. Sprinkle water and mix all these ingredients to make it a thick dough.


Heat oil in a kadai.Take a small sized ball of the dough and flatten it in plastic sheet and make it into a circular shape. Drop it gently into the hot oil and fry golden brown.
Keep flipping the sides till the thattai is done.

Store in an air tight container.