Tamil Nadu Style Milagu Thattai Recipe Recipe
Tamil Nadu Style Milagu Thattai Recipe is a crispy evening snack that is popularly had along with coffee or tea. Milagu Thattai is a flat savoury fried traditional snack that is a part of the Krishna Janmashtami festival menu. This popular crispy snack can be made in different flavours.
Ingredients · Servings 15
- 1 cup Rice flour sieved
- 1/4 cup Roasted Gram Dal (Pottukadalai) powdered
- 1 tablespoon Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal) soaked for 20 minutes
- 1/2 teaspoon Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
- 1 tablespoon Whole Black Peppercorns coarsely pounded
- 1 sprig Curry leaves pat dried and finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon Butter (Unsalted)
- Oil for deep frying
Method · 1 h
- To prepare Tamil Nadu Style Milagu Thattai Recipe, prep and measure all the ingredients and keep ready.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the rice flour, powdered pottukadalai, salt, asafoetida, sesame seeds, crushed pepper, chana dal and curry leaves. Mix well to combine.
- Now add butter and rub it into the flour.
- Add hot oil and add water little by little to form a smooth, crack free dough.
- Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
- After the resting time, take small portions of the dough in greased hands, roll it into a smooth crack free ball. While shaping the thattai, keep the remaining dough covered with moist cloth to prevent the dough from drying.
- Place the dough ball on a dry kitchen towel or butter paper and flatten it into thin roundels.
- Heat oil in a wok/kadai. Test the heat of oil by dropping a small portion of dough, if its rises to top immediately, that indicates the oil is hot.
- Fry the milagu thattai over low/medium flame till the sizzling sound stops and the thattai is uniformly browned. Overheated oil does not help in even cooking, hence cook on medium heat.
- Repeat this process for the entire batch. Once cooled, store them in an airtight container.
- Serve Tamil Nadu Style Milagu Thattai Recipe with filter coffee on a rainy day or simply for a evening snack.
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