Thattai

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 2 cups
Gram flour - 1/2 cup (pottukadalai)
Urad dal flour - 2 tbsp
Chana dal - 1 1/2 tbsp
Butter - 1 1/2 tbsp(softened)
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch
White Sesamae seeds - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - Little
Water, Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Soak chana dal for half an hour.
• Dry roast pottukadalai for few mins and grind it to a powder.
• Transfer this to a bowl.
• In same kadaai dry roast urad dal, till color changes a bit(light brown).
• Grind this to a powder and transfer this to the bowl.
• Dry roast rice flour for few mins and transfer to a bowl.
• Now take all flours in same bowl.
• Strain channa dal and add to this.
• Add hing, red chilly powder, curry leaves(tear and add).
• Add butter, sesame seeds and salt and mix well.
• Add water little by little and make soft dough.
• Make small balls and set side.
• Take a plastic sheet and apply oil in it.
• Place a ball in that and top with another sheet.
• Press the ball using a dappa(I used coffee dabara).
• It should be thin.
• Line them in greased butter paper or towel.
• Prick them with fork.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these thattais.