Thattu Vadai Recipe
Ingredients
Rice Flour – 2 Cups
Channa Dhal – 2-3 Tbsp
Red Chili – 4 Numbers (Replace with 1tsp or more of Red Chili Powder)
Butter – 3 Tbsp Curry Leaves – 1 Sprig or powder – 1tsp
Small size Peanuts – 2-3 Tbsp
Salt and Water – As Required
Method
- Soak Chana dhal for at least 30 minutes.
- Grind red chilli ,curry leaves,salt with 1tbsp rice flour to evenly grind (Pic 1).
- Mix this with remaining rice flour,butter,soaked chana dhal (Pic 1).
- Sprinkle less water and knead to form a soft and crackles dough (Pic 2).
- Finally add small sized peanuts and mix it gently (Pic 2)
- Make small balls and cover with plastic wrap.
- Apply oil over the Ziploc /aluminum foil/thick plastic bag/parchment paper, take 4 or 5 balls at a time and spread evenly as shown in the picture (Pic 3).
- Heat oil in a pan, add one by one and fry till golden brown.
- Dry the excess oil using paper towel and store in air tight container (Pic 4).
Note:
You can prick with fork to prevent puffing here n there but i love the puff texture, so i didn’t do so :-).
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Been ages since I made these. Nice pictures.
Vardhini
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wow..so perfectly made crispy n crunchy thattais sangee..looks so tempting!