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Thattai Recipe- A Savory Snack For Deepavali | Diwali Recipes

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I wanted to share a Diwali savory snack with you very quickly. So no useless talk this time but a quick and easy recipe for Thattai. I made this when my in-laws were visiting and Amma gave me the recipe for thattai verbally. I was quite intrigued, I have only ever eaten thattai and never made them at home. I knew they couldn’t be too complicated since my periamma regularly makes thattai at home, especially during Diwali. Her version is much bitter and has more “bubbles” on the surface. Mine didn’t have any and I was a bit worried soon after frying them but thankfully the thattai came out just fine and stayed well for 4 days, before which we polished them off. 




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. 

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  1. Kate Whittum-Shrimankar

    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!

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  3. Mansi

    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

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  4. Lori

    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!

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  10. Me

    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!!!

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  14. Sujatha

    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!

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  15. Mansi

    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

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  16. Lori

    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.

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  17. Nags

    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 🙂

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