Uppu Seedai

Seedai is a traditional Indian snack that can be made sweet or savory. It’s so crisp and a perfect snack . It is made mostly during Krishna Jayanthi / Gokulashtami.

Uppu Seedai is a savory version and is prepared by using home made rice flour mixed with Urad dal flour and sesame seeds.

Ingredients (Serves 3)

Soaking time – 1 hour Preparation time – 10 mins Cooking time – 30 mins

• Raw rice – 1 cup
• Urad dal flour – 2 tbsp
• Sesame seeds – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
• Hing – a generous pinch
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as needed
• Oil – to deep fry

Steps

• Soak raw rice for an hour.
• Drain the water and dry them on a cotton/ muslin cloth.

• Powder the rice nicely in a mixer.
• Dry roast the flour in a pan to take out moisture.

• Sieve the flour and store the rice flour in a air tight container.
• In a bowl, add rice flour, sesame seeds, red chilli powder, hing, ghee and salt.

• Add water carefully and prepare the dough.

• Make small balls of the dough and let it dry.

• Heat oil to deep fry, drop the balls in batches when the oil is hot.

• Fry in medium flame till the colour changes.

• Drain the excess oil using kitchen towel.
• Store in a air tight container. Stays good for more than a week.

Enjoy the crunchy uppu seedai in this festive season and relish !!!

Key Points

• A cup of raw rice yielded approx 2 cups of rice flour.
• To prepare the urad dal flour, dry roast urad dal till golden brown. Cool down and powder it. Sieve the flour and store it in a air tight container.
• You can use store bought Idiyappam flour / rice flour instead of the homemade rice flour.
• To avoid bursting, just let the balls to dry a little before dropping in oil.
• You can also pierce small holes in the ball dough to avoid bursting.