Thatai

Ingredients:

• 1 cup ( wash rice, dry it and pound it)
• 2 - 3 sp Butter
• 3 sp udad powder ( fried and powdered)
• 2 -3 tea sp. coconut
• a pinch asafoetida
• 2 sp channa dal (soak and drain)
• 1 sp sesame seeds
• 2 sp red chilly powder
• salt to taste
• Oil to fry

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients and make a soft dough with little water.
• Take a small ball of dough and make like thin vadai and keep it on a dry
• cloth.
• After finishing all the dough, heat oil and start frying them.
• At a time you can put 4 to 5 thatai in the oil and remove them when they
• become golden brown.
• If you want to check the crispness just put one thatai on the flour, (dont through) just put , if it cracks in to many pieces, then it is good.
• Store it in a air tight container after it cools.

Notes:

• you can make masala thatai also by adding garlic and ginger
• paste to the dough. But not for krishna jayanthi