Thattai (very popular south indian snacks)

Ingredients

• Rice Flour - 2 cups
• Black Gram Flour - 4 tabs
• Grated Coconut - 6 tabs
• Toor Dal or Gram Dal - 4 - 6 tabs
• Sesame Seeds - 2 tabs
• Coconut Oil - 2 tabs
• Unsalted Butter - 2 tabs
• Crushed Pepper Corn - 4 tabs
• Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp or as you required
• Salt - to taste
• Asafoetida powder - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Oil - for deep frying

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Preparation

• Take a mixing bowl.
• Put rice flour, black gram flour and salt. Mix well.
• Now add grated coconut, soaked dal, sesame seeds.
• Butter, crushed pepper corn, red chilli powder, curry leaves and asafoetida powder.
• Mix all this well. By sprinkling some water to flour, make soft dough from it but it should not be watery.
• Now heat a pan and put oil in this for deep frying. Take a thin cleaned cloth or plastic paper.
• Wipe your fingers with a drop of coconut oil. Take a small lemon size ball of prepared dough.
• Keep this on the one side of edge of cloth or plastic paper and closed it with other side of edge.
• Now press this by your hand or a wide base vessel to make small circle.
• Fry this in hot oil in medium heat till it is cooked well. Remove on kitchen tissues for excess oil. Cool and store in air tight container.