Curd Seedai is a crispy, tasty savoury snack made by leavening rice flour with curd to a dough, shaped into small balls and deep fried. Curd Seedai is a must try for Krishna Jayanthi as an alternate to the regular uppu seedai. Curd Seedai is a healthy anytime snack that the family will crave for more.
Curd Seedai uses curd/thayir as we call in tamil. I always wanted to try a seedai recipe with storebought flour and finally did for this curd seedai.I saw this curd seedai recipe in a book and tried it.The seedais were crisp and flavourful with a hint of jeera that it got disappeared in no time.Do try it for this gokulashtami 2018 and enjoy!
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Curd Seedai
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rice flour / idiyappam flour store bought
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal flour
- 1/4 cup thick curd I used hung curd
- 1/2 teaspoon butter
- 1/4 teaspoon jeera
- a tiny pinch hing
- salt to taste
- water as needed
Instructions
- Dry roast rice flour till it fumes slightly. Set aside.
- Now add urad dal flour and roast it the flour fumes a bit. C
- ool down completely then transfer to sieve. Sieve well. Discard the coarse part. Now take hung curd.
- To a bowl - add sieved flour, butter, curd, jeera, hing and required salt. Mix well first so that the ingredients are evenly distributed especially butter. Now add water little by little.
- Form a soft dough. Knead it for 3-5mins. Gather together and keep it ready.
- Pinch a small piece of the dough and roll it out into small balls. Roll gently, do not roll tight. Just roll with the 3 fingers shown. If there is a crack its ok as it helps to let out the moisture through the crack which will avoid bursting.
- Let the seedais rest in the cloth for 10 mins for the extra moisture to be absorbed.
- For extra precaution : prick each seedai with a toothpick just a slight prick is enough.
- Heat oil, add few balls and fry in low medium flame. Roll and fry for even frying.
- Fry in batches. Fry till it is golden brown in color only then it will get cooked inside properly.
- Drain in a tissue, cool down then store in an airtight container. Enjoy Curd Seedai!
Notes
- You can use both rice and urad dal store bought flour. But I had homemade urad dal flour so used it.
- Make sure to roast and sieve well because these are the main steps to avoid bursting.
- I mostly do not prick but sometimes I do. As its store bought flour I did it to be extra careful 🙂
- You can add 1/2 teaspoon coconut too. If you are adding roast for a while then add it
Curd Seedai Recipe Step by Step
- Dry roast rice flour till it fumes slightly.Set aside.Now add urad dal flour and roast it the flour fumes a bit.Cool down completely then transfer to sieve.
- Sieve well atleast twice.Discard the coarse part.Now take hung curd.You can use thick curd too.AS my curd was a bit watery I hung it for 15 mins then used it.
- To a bowl – add sieved flour,butter,curd,jeera,hing and required salt.Mix well first so that the ingredients are evenly distributed especially butter.now add water little by little.
- Form a soft dough.Knead it for 3-5 mins.Gather together and keep it ready.
- Pinch a small piece of the dough and roll it out into small balls.Roll gently, do not roll tight.Just roll with the 3 fingers shown.f there is a crack its ok as it helps to let out the moisture through the crack which will avoid bursting.Let the seedais rest in the cloth for 10 mins for the extra moisture to be absorbed.
- For extra precaution : prick each seedai with a toothpick just a slight prick is enough.Heat oil, add few balls and fry in low medium flame.Roll and fry for even frying.
- Fry in batches.Fry till it is golden brown in color only then it will get cooked inside properly. Drain in a tissue, cool down then store in an airtight container.
Cool down store and enjoy with tea.Crunchy seedais ready with the mild flavour of curd..yum!
Crunchy seedais ready to be snacked!
Expert Tips
- You can use both rice and urad dal store bought flour. But I had homemade urad dal flour so used it.
- Make sure to roast and sieve well because these are the main steps to avoid bursting.
- I mostly do not prick but sometimes I do. As its store bought flour I did it to be extra careful.
- You can add 1/2 teaspoon coconut too. If you are adding roast for a while then add it
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