rava uppu seedai recipe /rava coconut cheedai
Ingredients
- Fine rava - 1 cup
- Butter - 2 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida a pinch
- Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
- White or black sesame seeds/ellu - 1 tsp
- Jeera /seeragam - 1/2 tsp
- oil to fry
Instructions
- Grind rava with salt and asafoetida it may not become fine but its fine take out and keep.
- Grind coconut to fine powder and add to rava mixture with sesame seeds and seeragam.
- With this add butter and mix well with fingers till crumbs then sprinkle water little at a time and form a dough.
- The dough should be soft and not sticky.
- Make oval shaped balls and spread it on a plate and let it rest fir 20 minutes.
- In-between heat oil in a kadai when it fully heats up reduce the flame to low and add seedai to it and cook till golden and take in a tissue.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Be careful and keep distance while frying seedai some time it may splutter.
After making balls you can spread the seedai in open air for some time and then fry to avoid spluttering.
Instead of white sesame you can put black ones.
Make the dough soft and roll-able and not too dry.
After making balls you can spread the seedai in open air for some time and then fry to avoid spluttering.
Instead of white sesame you can put black ones.
Make the dough soft and roll-able and not too dry.