Sri Jayanthi or Krishna Jayanthi falls on 28 th of this month. We usually make thattai, a crispy snack and seedai both salted and sweet version for this festival. Today let us learn how to make thattai following this easy recipe.
How to make Crispy Thattais
Ingredients needed
Rice flour - 1 cup
Fried gram flour/Dalia flour (pottukadalai mavu) -2 1/2 tbsp or urad dal flour (roasted, powdered and sieved)- 1 tsp (see notes below)
Bengal gram dal/ kadalai paruppu - 1 1/2 tsp or fried gram -1 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp flat
Unsalted butter -1 1/2 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Salt as needed
Oil for deep frying
Preparation
How to prepare rice flour
Soak raw rice for 1 hour. Drain the water well and spread it on a cloth and dry it in shade (inside the house under the fan). After it dries completely, dry grind the rice to a fine powder. (if you have a flour mill in your place, you can give the rice and get it ground to a fine powder). After getting it ground, you can spread it on a cloth again to cool.
Sieve and keep it ready. (You do not have to fry it).You can prepare this flour even a week ahead.
Powder fried gram finely and sieve it. Take 2 1/2 tbsp and keep it ready.
If using bengal gram dal, soak it in water for 30 minutes, drain and keep it aside. If you are going to use fried gram dal or dalia, then skip soaking, just dry roast it slightly.
Mix salt and hing in a 1 tbsp of water and keep it ready.
Method
In a bowl, mix together rice flour, fried gram flour, chilli powder and butter using your finger tips.
Add dalia or soaked bengal gram dal, salt + hing mix, needed water and make a slightly stiff dough.
Now the dough for the thattai is ready. (you can taste the dough to check for salt)
Make equal sized balls out of it.
Grease a zip lock bag or plastic sheet, place a ball of dough and flatten it as thinly as possible with your finger tips. This will give you crispy thattais.
Prick few holes with a fork to prevent it from puffing while frying. Let it sit for 10 minutes.
Prick few holes with a fork to prevent it from puffing while frying. Let it sit for 10 minutes.
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed kadai. Check the oil temperature by dropping a small piece of dough into the oil, if it rises to the surface immediately, then the oil is ready for frying.
Now reduce the temperature to medium, gently transfer the flattened dough on to your hands and slide it into the oil. Deep fry 3-4 thattais both sides until golden brown.
Remove and drain the excess oil on a paper towel.
Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
After it cools, store it in an air tight container.
Variations
If you like garlic flavor, instead of red chilli powder, you can grind 3 red chillies and 4 cloves of garlic to a fine paste and add it to the rice flour. This measurement is for 1 cup of rice flour.
If preferred, you can add coarsely ground roasted peanuts to the dough.
Instead of chilli powder, you can add pepper powder.
If preferred you can add a tbsp of grated coconut to the dough.
Instead of fried gram flour, you can add 1 tsp urad dal flour. Dry roast urad dal until golden brown. Cool and powder it finely. Sieve and use that flour.(for 1 cup of rice flour, use 1 tsp urad dal flour)
Fried gram is called "pottu kadalai" or "chutney kadalai" in Tamil.
Also refer Uppu Seedai Recipe with step wise pictures.
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That looks crunchily yummy....
ReplyDeletecrispy and delicious perfect thattai.
ReplyDeleteNever get bored of these crispy munchies,my all time favourite.
ReplyDeleteLove these crisy snacks
ReplyDeletedelicious snacks.looking crispy..
ReplyDeletelooks super yummy :) lovely clicks dear :)
ReplyDeleteAlways loved this one.. Looks nice :)
ReplyDeleteit jus got dissolved in oil... dunno y
ReplyDeleteVenkatesh Narayanan - If you make a slightly stiff dough, there are hardly any chances of the dough getting dissolved in oil. I assume that you have added too much water.
ReplyDeletei an trying it now and let u know the result ........ok
ReplyDeletefirst class thattais i really loved it very good thank u so much
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your recipes, please tell me how much exactly is a cup
ReplyDeleteYummydrooly - I use these Measuring cups and spoons for all my recipes.
ReplyDeleteHi padhu, since some of your baking receipes gives in grams also, can you please mention how much is one cup in grams for the recipe above?
ReplyDeleteNithiya - I use my Measuring cups and spoons for all my recipes.I cannot tell you how much is 1 cup in grams as it differs for each ingredients like sugar, flour etc. You will get standard measuring cups in shops that supply baking materials. You can get that one as it will be very useful. I will try to give measurements in both grams and cups in future.
ReplyDeleteDear Padhu ,The thatai did not come out crispy n I could not take it out from the plastic sheet after I flattened ... I have tried many of ur recipes n all came out well .... Pls advice ....
ReplyDeleteI presume that you would have added more water or too much butter.That is why you were not able to take it out from the plastic sheet. Then dough should not be too stiff nor too loose.
DeleteDear Padhu,
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to prepare Neivedyam for the first time for Sri Jayanti. Can the dried rice be ground using a blender? I have a Preeti mixie with one small wet/dry jar and one large jar with a curved blade. Can you please advice?
Sowmya
Yes, you can dry grind it in a mixie. You need patience as it will take a long time. After grinding, you must sieve it, then spread it in a cloth and dry well.
DeleteThank you Padhu the thattais came out perfect :-)
ReplyDeletewhich rice we should take...raw rice ?
ReplyDeleteor?
I have written clearly under how to prepare rice flour. Kindly read the whole recipe before posting questions.
DeletePls let me know whether we can use store brought ordinary rice flour here..thanks
ReplyDeleteYes, you can but when you prepare with homemade rice flour (as mentioned above) it will be more tasty.
DeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI have a query. Would it work if i used besan instead of fried gram or urad dal flour. Am an absolute novice and don't have ur variations handy and all i have got is besan :(. Thanks.
Besan will not work out for this recipe.
DeleteOh,okay. Thanks.....
DeleteMade this today for krishna janmashtami. Came out perfect. Thank you:)
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between Otta vadai and thattai....
ReplyDeleteI tried this today & it turned out very well
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time i am going to prepare thatai on my own at home.do thatais have the same bursting problem as uppu seedai?Should i take any precautions while frying.
P.S.. Love all ur recipes.I make sure to try atleast one new dish every week from ur collections.N my mom is so surpised and proud of the dishes im making.(cos i have never cooked anything before getting married :P ).
Thanx a lot :)
Thattai will not burst like uppu seedai. Thank you for liking my recipes. Glad to know that Padhuskitchen has inspired you to cook.
DeleteHave been trying some festive recipes and it turns out very well. Thanks for posting tasty recipes with steps.
ReplyDeleteHi padhu..i want ur advice i had made this riceflour..but iam going on one month vaccation to my moms home can i kept dis flour inside the fridge dat mean in vegetablessection..as now d climate s raining ..please advice me..
ReplyDeleteActually the homemade rice flour will stay good for 3-4 months at room temperature, if made properly. There should be no moisture in the flour. It should be dried well in the shade. If there is moisture, the flour will turn rancid or get fungus. I have that rice flour for more than 2 months at room temperature. It is fine. If you are still afraid, you can keep it in a ziplock bag in the refrigerator (in any shelf not in the crisper draw with vegetables).
DeleteTried your thattai receipe came out well thanks
ReplyDeleteI prepared as per the guidance given by. While teken out from oil it's crispy. After few minutes crispy gone. Why? Where I have done mistake?
ReplyDeleteI presume that you should have added more water when preparing the dough.
DeleteThat's came out well but are too salty. Plz advice in what way I can use them cause not able to eat it salty
ReplyDeleteI prepared as advised, but my thattai was not crispy. how can i make it crispy?
ReplyDeleteToo much water, too much butter and oil not hot enough can all be the probable causes. If you remove the thatai before it is cooked properly, then also the thattai will not be crisp.
DeleteThattai came out crispy and tasty. Everyone liked it. Thanks Padhu.
ReplyDeleteDear padhu,I refer your blog for all my cooking doubts.you are a great inspiration to me thanks a ton Kala.
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