THATTAI RECIPE
Makes ~20 small thattai
Ingredients:
Rice flour – 4 cups
Urad dal – 1/2 cup, ground to fine powder
Chana dal – 2 tbsp (I didn’t use them since didn’t have any)
Butter – 1/3 cup
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Sesame seeds (ellu) – 2 tbsp
Curry leaves – a few, each cut into two
Salt – to taste
Water – about 1. 5 cups
Oil – for deep frying
How to Make Thattai
1. Mix all the ingredients and make a thick dough adding very little water at a time.
2. Divide and shape into marble-sized balls. Normally, the store bought ones are bigger but I made them small so that I can use less oil while frying.
3. Dampen fingers and gently the flatten the dough on a plastic sheet (I cut up the plastic bag in which I got the urad dal), to get a uniform disc of about 0.5cm thickness.
4. Prick the discs lightly with a fork (to prevent puffing up) and deep fry till golden brown.
Tastes awesome with some hot tea on Diwali, while chatting around the family coffee table with family 🙂
Thattai can be stored in an air tight container for upto a week. Just wait until completely cooled before storing it away.
Hi- I had a lot of problems with this recipe. The dough didn’t come together, but I put that down to using 1/2 cup urad flour not split then ground. Fair enough-I added some more water & ghee . but i was judging how big to make the balls by the yield number the recipe makes- was it 200 not 20? The discs were huge & rolled out to .5 cm seemed way too thick. 2mm seemed better. Anyhow, I made about 40 & decided to scrap the rest.k
I figure making the easy chocolate peda will restore my confidence!
sorry about this! this thattai recipe is very old and i need to remake and update it. hope the chocolate peda came out better!
these are my favourite nd when I made them they turned out perfectly … Thanks to you for the perfect recipe 🙂
that looks awesome Nags! never tasted it, but I bet it tastes wonderful! I too made Garlic Sev for Diwali:)
Wish you and your family a very Happy & prosperous Diwali girl! and this one's extra special for you:)D
well, I tried baking it. Ahhh, looks nothing like your beautiful creations. I tried to change it a little. In the end it was okay but I think I would want to fry it like you said the next time. I linked back to you as I think yours are wonderful looking!
that looks lovely .. very similar to nippattu from karnataka .. Hope U had a great Diwali
Gorgeous click Nags.
they look so perfect.. love your pic!:-)
Looks perfect!!Hope u had a peaceful head diwali here;)
Happy Diwali to you and your family! This snack looks very good. Yum!
Happy Diwali!
You wouldn’t believe it but I was scouring the internet for savory snack recipes for a chat pot luck Diwali party on Sunday!!!
Came by your site to look for it and had to contend with a pani puri recipe from elsewhere 🙁
Will be trying this yummy recipe soon!!!
Hope you had a wonderful thala deepavali. Thattai looks wonderfully brown and crisp.
Hi Nags! Happy Diwali. Thattai looks like something I’d like to snack on.
Happy thalai diwali..Thattai looks crisp.
Nags, thattai looks wonderful! I was going back and forth this time on thattai and murukku for diwali this time, and ended up with murukku..:) your thattai looks so tempting!
that looks awesome Nags! never tasted it, but I bet it tastes wonderful! I too made Garlic Sev for Diwali:)
Wish you and your family a very Happy & prosperous Diwali girl! and this one's extra special for you:)D
They look really great. I wonder how they would do if they were baked. I just recently made some rice crackers with besan so I aimagine it would work. I like your spice combinations. I even have curry elaves in my freezer right now. I will give these a go.
Lori – Oh yes, I did consider baking too but didn’t have time to experiment so went with the tried and tested way. Do let me know if it worked for you 🙂
Congrats on your head diwali..:))…Thattais look great gurl!..you have become an expert in all matters…heheh!..thanks for my fav item..
looks so good Nags… i love thattais 🙁 Happy Thalai Diwali!
wish u a very happy diwali
Wish you a very happy Deepavali Nags.
Happy Diwali to you , the thattai looks perfect!
Nags, best wishes on your special Diwali 🙂 Love all things savoury and thattai in particular – looks yummy & crisp.
Happy thalai Deepavali! Thattai looks too good..
Happy Thala Diwali Nags..Thattai has come perfect..i did’nt have courage to try..Good You made it perfect!