Seepu Seedai

Seepu Seedai is a traditional chettinad special snack. I learnt this from one of our neighbours from Chettinad. They used to make this snack often at their home. Seepu in tamil means Comb. This seedai has comb like design on it and hence the name. We can make this snack using a mould, called as seepu seedai kattai in Tamil. But, I used a comb (ofcourse a new one:-)) to make the design (I am yet to buy that kattai!). I can call it, a traditional method... This is a tedious process, still I enjoyed making it.

Ingredients :

1. Paccharisi Maavu (Raw Rice Flour) - 2 cups

2. Pottukadalai Maavu (Roasted gram flour) - 1/2 Cup

3. Fresh and thick coconut Milk - 1/2 cup

4. Ghee - 3 tsp (The person who taught me used Dalda/vanaspathi)

5. Water - 1/2 Cup

6. Salt - Needed Qty

7. Oil - For deep frying

Procedure :

1. Mix water to coconut milk and dilute it. Keep aside.

2. Now, mix rice flour, roasted gram flour and salt together.

3. Add ghee. Now, add the coconut milk little by little. (Don't pour everything at a time)

4. Mix the flour while adding the coconut milk.

5. Knead to a soft chappathi dough like consistency.(If coconut milk is not enough, you can add little more water)

6. Divide the dough in to small portions. Make them in to balls.

7. Now, in a oil greased plastic sheet, roll them like chappathi.

8. Take a comb, press gently, till a comb impression is seen. Cut that in to strip.Join the ends of each strip to form round ring like structure.

9. Repeat the process and once you make enough rings, heat oil.

11. Deep fry in oil. Drain excess oil on a kitchen tissue.

12. Store in air-tight containers for future use.

Note :

Instead of roasted gram flour, urad dhal flour can be used. Else, you can also use both the flours in equal quantities.

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