Pepper Thattai | Milagu Thattai
Pepper Thattai is a crunchy, spiced savoury made by frying discs of rice flour dough flavoured with pepper. Pepper Thattai translated as Milagu Thattai is commonly made during Diwali and relished as a snack for the evening tea time.
Servings15 Thattai
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 2 tablespoon fried gram dal
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon butter at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon chana dal
- a tiny pinch hing
- few nos curry leaves
- salt to taste
- oil to deep fry
Instructions
- Take rice flour in the mixing bowl.
- Grind fried gram dal in a mixer to a fine powder. Add it to rice flour.
- Then add whole pepper and curry leaves in the mixer jar and grind it to a coarse mixture, set aside.
- Soak chana dal for 10mins.
- Now to the mixing bowl add chana dal and pepper mixture with salt and butter. Mix well.
- Now add water little by little to form a smooth dough. The dough should not be too tight.
- Take a lemon sized ball, I used 1 tablespoon measure to get all the balls of even size.
- Make few balls, then take a plasic sheet grease it with oil. Keep a ball, place another plastic sheet over it then press it with a flat surfaced bowl.
- Prick with fork to avoid puffing up. Carefully remove it from the plastic sheet. Flatten as thin as possible only then you will get crisp thattais.
- Heat oil, carefully add 2-3 thattais at a time, deep fry till golden brown. This will take time to cook at least 3mins for each batch so fry patiently in low medium flame.
- Then drain in tissue paper.
- Cool down and store Pepper Thattai in an airtight container.
Notes
- Do not forget to prick with fork to avoid puffing up.
- The more thinner you press the thattais will be crispier. If you have a thick thattai then it will chewy and not crisp.
- Cook in low medium flame.
- The dough should not be too tight. If its tight, then it will crack while pressing.
Nutrition Facts
Pepper Thattai | Milagu Thattai
Amount Per Serving (25 g)
Calories 48
Calories from Fat 4
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.4g1%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 23mg1%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 0.1g0%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 7IU0%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 3mg0%
Iron 0.2mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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