Thattai with Idli Rice and Urad Dal

Thattai / Thattu vadai

Thattai is a good and crunchy snack. I already posted one
spicy thattai recipe. You can add spices of your choice. Thattai will always
comes out good. It is easy to make also.

Come let us see how to make thattai

Preparation time             –
30 minutes

Cooking time                  –
30 minutes

Yield                              – 40

Ingredients:      

Idly rice                           –
1 cup

Urad dal flour                    –
½ cup

Channa dal                         –
2 tablsp

Sesame seed                     –
1 tablsp

Asafoetida                          –
¼ tsp

Chilli flakes                        –
1 tsp

Salt                                     –
to taste

Oil                                      –
for frying

Method:

Soak idly rice for 30 minutes. Grind it in the mixie nicely. 

Soak channa dal for 30 minutes and drain water. Add rice batter, urad dal
flour, soaked channa dal, asafetida, sesame seed, chilli flakes and salt in a
bowl . Knead well to make a smooth dough. Make the dough into lemon size balls. 

Grease plastic sheet with little oil. Place the balls in the sheet and fold the
sheet to cover the balls. Press the balls with fingers or backside of the flat
bowl. 

Heat oil in a pan and fry thattai in batches. Fry both sides well. Take
it out when the shhh sound subsides. 

Drain oil in the kitchen tissue and store.

Note:

You can add red chilli powder instead of chilli flakes.

Add spices according to your taste.

Pressing with the back of flat bowl will give a neat look to
thattai.