Thattai / Fried Crispy Dal Savory Snack

         Thattai is a deep fried crispy dal snack popular in India. This dish 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

           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
           2-3 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


  Method

• 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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http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/2013/01/tried-and-tastedraks-kitchen.html