Thattai

Ingredients

Rice flour-4 cups

Urad dhal-1cup

Butter-2 tablespoon

Channa dhal-1/2cup

Seasme seed-1/2cup

Red chilli-20

Curry leaves-few

Salt-as required

Oil-3 cups (for deep frying)

Method

• Roast urad dhal and powder it.
• Soak channa dhal in water for half an hour.
• Soak red chilli in hot water for few seconds and grind it into fine paste.
• Chop curry leaves into very fine pieces.
• Mix rice flour,urad dhal powder and all the ingredients by adding water little by little.
• Make a thick dough.
• Make small gooseberry sized balls out of it.
• Dampen fingers and gently flatten the dough on a plastic sheet(I cut the edges of ziploc cover and used it)
• Prick the thattai with fork to prevent puffing.
• Deep fry in oil until golden brown.