Vella Cheedai ( Sweet Cheedai)

Vella Cheedai (Sweet Cheedai)

Vella Cheedai is deep fried, crispy, sweet prepared for Krishna Janmashtami. I'm sharing my mother-in-laws version.

Before you measure your ingredients need to follow these steps:

* Dry roast the rice flour on medium flame.(colour should not change but you should be able to drawn a line with roasted flour)

* Sieve the roasted rice flour.
* Dry roast urud dal and powder it. (sieve urud dal powder)

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Urud dal powder - 1.5 tsp
Grated coconut - 1 tablespoon
Unsalted butter - 1 tablespoon
Sesame seeds/ til - 1 tsp
Cardamom - 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying

Method:
# Mix all dry ingredients together with butter.

# Add little water in jaggery and boil well.

# Strain the jaggery syrup in mixture and mix well.
# Sprinkle water and knead a dough.

# Prepared small marble size balls.
# Heat oil on medium low flame. 

# Fry vella Cheedai in batches.
Initially it will be soft but once it cools it becomes crispy.
Do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!

Thattai / Savoury Crackers

Thattai / Savoury Crackers
Thattai is one of the savoury recipe, prepared during Krishna Janmashtami.
A very simple savoury recipe with minimum ingredients. Gendrally it is deep fried, but to make it healthier, I used Airfryer. These tattai's can be deep fried also.

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Roasted Urud dal powder - 1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts powder - 1/2 cup
Asafoetida / Hing - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder / Papperica - 1/2 tsp
Butter - 50 grms
Oil few drops
Salt to taste

Method:
# Mix, rice flour, urud dal powder, peanuts powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt butter and mix well till it comes to bread crumbs consistency.
# Sprinkle water, and knead dough.
# Dough should be stiff enough.
# Make marble size balls and spread it round shape in a plastic sheet.
# With a knife or tooth pick make marks in thattai, so that it doesn't puff up.
# Pre Heat Airfrier @ 180'c for 5 min.
# Fry thattai in batches. In between brush oil.
# Fry @ 180'c for 15-20 min.

Serve it.
Pl. do try and provide your valuable comments.
Thank you!