Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku

Ingredients

1.Raw Rice-1 cup

2.Butter-1 tbsp

3.Channa Dal-1 tsp

4.salt-1 tsp

5.urad dal-0.25 cup

6.water-less than 0.5 cup

7.oil-for frying 

Method

1.Soak the raw rice in adequate water for 4 to 6 hours.

2.Drain the water from raw rice after 4 to 6 hours.Then in a thin muslin cloth  spread the raw rice so that raw rice should become dry.(It approximately takes 1 to 2 hours).

3.Then grind the raw rice completely so that there should not be any lumps.

4.In a dry pan add the grinded rice flour and stir it well for a minute.

5.Using filter just filter all the lumps or coarse particles.

6.In a dry pan add urad dal and stir it for a minute.

7.Grind the urad dal into a fine mixture.

8.Soak the channa dal in adequate water for half an hour.Then drain the water after half an hour

9.In a dry bowl add 1 cups of grinded and filtered  rice flour,1 tsp of grinded urad dal,butter, soaked channa dal,salt,water and prepare a dough(add water slowly dont add too much of water).The batter should be slightly thinner than a chappathi dough.

10.Divide it into equal size balls.

11.In a oil cover/plastic cover just spread 1 tsp of oil and then patt the balls .Using fork just put holes on the patted balls so that it will cook both inside and outside evenly.

12.In a dry pan add oil and allow it to get heated.

13.Then add Thatta sedai/Thatta muruku  to the oil and wait until it is fried and cooked completely.

14. Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku is ready for nyvedyium.

Thatta Sedai/Thatta Murukku is usually done as Nyveidhiyam for krishna jayanthi.