Thattai

Thattai is a flat disc shaped attractively delicious and crispy snack, liked by all. It is also called Ellu vadai, Elladai, Thattu vadai, Thattachchu, or thattachu.

Ingredients:

• Rice flour (Arisi maavu) -2 Cup

• Fried gram flour (Chutney dal flour / Pottukkadalai flour / Odachakadalai flour) -1/2 Cup

• Fried Gram -2 tsp

• Red chili powder -1 tsp

• Asafetida (Perungayam / Hing) -1/4 tsp  

• Sesame seed (Gingelly seed / Ellu / Til)-2 tsp

• Curry Leaves (Kariveppilai / karipaththaa) – a few

• Butter -1 tsp

• Edible oil -For frying

• Salt -To taste

Method of preparation:

• Put all the ingredients except oil in a pan, sprinkle water and mix well.

• Make thick dough.

• Make small balls out of the dough.

• Flatten the balls one by one on an oily plastic paper with your oily fingers.

• Heat edible oil in a thick and heavy bottomed pan.

• Transfer a flattened ball (Disc / Uncooked Thattai) from the paper to your palm and then slowly slide it into hot oil.

• Similarly repeat this for all thattais.

• Turn the floating thattais upside down so as to be cooked evenly brown.

• Remove them from oil, put them on a paper kept in a basket, let them cool and store them in an air tight container.

• Serve on any occasion, any season with or without tea, coffee or meal.