Masala Thattai -Crispy and spicy evening snack from Tamilnadu

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 tbsp Roasted chana
• 2 tbsp Chana dal(soaked in water for an hour)
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Cumin
• 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp Black pepper corn
• 4 Garlic pods
• 1 tbsp Roasted chana
• 2 tbsp hot oil for moin
• Mustard oil for frying

Steps

1. Grind roasted chana.Keep it aside.
2. Grind garlic, black pepper and cumin.Add soaked chana dal and grind.
3. Take rice flour in a bowl,mix roasted chana powder,salt,ground spices,red chilli powder.Mix hot oil in it.Mix it well.Now add water little by little to make a soft dough.
4. Divide the dough into 18 parts.Make balls.Take a polythene or butter paper,grease it with oil.Place the balls on the polythene,cover it with another piece of polythene and press the rice ball with a flat bottom steel bowl or glass.Make thin pooris.
5. Heat oil in a pan,fry these thattai in medium hot oil until golden brown.Fry them in batches.
6. Your spicy and crispy thattai is ready to serve.Enjoy it with tea.
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