Vella Cheedai (Sweet Cheedai)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice flour (wash , drain and pound )
• 3 tea spoons (fried and powdered) udad dal powder
• 1sp ghee
• 2 -3 tea sp. coconut
• 3/4 cup Jaggery (grated)
• 1 sp seasome seeds
• salt a pinch
• 1/2 sp cardamom powder
• Oil to fry

Method:

• 8Dry fry rice flour and try to put a line by holding the flour in between your fingers , like when you put kolam / rangoli.
• If the line comes stright with out gap, stop frying and keep aside.
• In a deep pan put jaggery and water. let it dislove.
• Remove and filter it. Again keep the jaggery water on the stove.
• Add the fried flour, udad powder, ghee, salt, coconut, cardamom powder and seasome seeds and mix well.
• Remove from the fire and mix well. That should be like chappati dough.
• Pinch the dough and make small balls and spread them on a cloth.
• Do all the dough and then start frying.
• Remove the fried vella cheedai from the oil when they become golden brown.

Notes:

• Clean seasame seeds well, if there is any mud in that the cheedai will bust.
• Ghee will render the cheedai very crisp, so this is a must.

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