Thattai - a crunchy snack

I am sharing my recipe of preparing Thattai, to enjoy with tea on a rainy day. Let's see how to make these crunchy thattais

Ingredients :

Rice Flour (Raw rice)  -  2 cups
Urad Dal flour  -  1/4 cup
Unsalted Butter - 1/2 stick  (1/4 cup), at room temperature
Red chillies  - 2 tsp (or as per taste)
Curry leaves - 1/4 cup (washed and chopped)
Channa Dal (bengal gram) - 3 tsp(soaked in a little water)
Asafoetida (hing) powder - 1 tsp 

Salt - 1 tsp 

Water - 1 cup ( but I had 1 tbsp of water left after making the dough)
Cooking oil - for deep frying


Now, let's see how to prepare this snack

1. Mix all flours, salt, chilli powder, hing, and mix well.
2. Now add the curry leaves, soaked channa dal , and butter.
3. Mix all ingredients well  adding a little water(use a spoon), make a dough.

4. Take small balls of this dough ( if you want all the thattais to be in the same size, then use a measuring spoon and take the same quantity of the dough every time) and flatten them on a ziploc bag or any plastic sheet or butter paper. I used two pieces of parchment paper and pressed it using a flat bottomed bowl. Or you can also use a tortilla maker like in the photo below.

5. Poke them all over with a fork. This will avoid the thattais from forming like pooris when frying.

6. Deep fry them in oil until they are golden brown in colour.
7. The delicious snack is ready to eat. 
8. Store in air tight container.