Comments on: Thattai Recipe

By: azeeza bijli

azeeza bijli — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:49:51 +0000

very nice and tasty seedai i luv it oooooooooooooooooo………………………….!

By: Purnima

Purnima — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:03:32 +0000

LOL,, Sorry, what I meant to say in my earlier comment was “Your efforts are great help to people who browse recipes on net “

By: Purnima

Purnima — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:58:11 +0000

Hi, Very nice, like your arrangement of everything in the website. Its a pleasure to read and love your sense of humur. I am a south Indian but left India long time ago. I have not made this in a while. Looked at so many recipes of thatti but yours is the best, refreshed my memory. Great job D & K. I have a team too but my significant other loves to eat and I love to cook. Your efforts are big help to people who browse net for internet. Very well presented blog, good recipes and great attitude.

By: DS

DS — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:04:01 +0000

Hi DK:
I have become your fan ever since I visited this website ! I made Thattai today and it was awesome – both taste and look wise. I want to thank you. BTW I must admit: these days — for any recipe I look at your website first for step-by-step guidelines! You have done a great job! Top class presentation. Keep up the good work ! – DS

Thanks for such a generous feedback. I am glad you love what you see at Chef In You. Encouragement as this, is what keeps me motivated — DK

By: Michael A. Madison

Michael A. Madison — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:42:58 +0000

I bought some at a local USA grocery. I really liked them as they were full of chili. Anyone have a slightly different recipe?? Thanks!

You can easily make it hot by adding 1/2-1 tsp chilli powder to the recipe (or as per taste). You can also sprinkle chilli powder on these Thattai’s as soon you remove from the oil after frying, while still hot. — DK

By: nira

nira — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:07:27 +0000

hi ,
i just came across your recipes and they look very yummy.Motivated by it i tried to do murukku. Since it was my thala deepavali i wanted to surprise my husband.Everything was good except that the inside part was soft and outside was crisp.I want to make it like how my mom makes.Can u pl suggest me a way to solve this…

Thanks Nira . The only explanation I can think of is probably the heat. Keep the oil hot and after dropping the murukkus, reduce to medium. I think the outside cooked faster than the inside. Also make sure that you drop the murukkus as soon as you roll them out with the maker before it dries out – drop it in the oil. I hope this helps. — DK

By: Jyothi

Jyothi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:17:09 +0000

Hi, I do not have the coconut scrapper, can I slightly ground the coconut and add it in the mixture?

Hi Jyothi, I think it should work just as fine…:) Just make sure its not too moist – DK

By: Pree

Pree — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:32:15 +0000

Hi…..

Thattai’s are looking very nice and crispy, Wish i can make this for Deepavali. Being this is my First Deepavali i wanna make this and give a surprise shock to my Hubby.

In this process i am having a big doubt …… Pls note i am put up in an hotel where everywhere fire alarms are present, so just want to know is it safe to make the area where i am ??? My husband never allows me to keep Oil for deep frying only for the above reason….

Await your valuable reply

Thanks once again for your great effort

Dear Pree, This deep frying should not be a problem since it does not cause that much of a smoke to cause fire alarms to break out. I have fire alarms in my house too and till date it has never caused concern. The only precaution I can think of ( since it is your first time) is that
1. Make sure you have the exhaust on
2. Open up any windows or ventilation just in case
3. And also not to keep the oil on v high heat and burning for long without any thattai’s in it. Too much high heat without any food frying will also cause the oil to smoke too much causing alarm to go off
4. Keep the oil high and once you place the thattai’s reduce it to med. Once fried and once ready for placing the next thattai, increase the heat again. This should help both to have crunchy thattai’s along with making sure that oil does not smoke.
Otherwise dont you worry – you will surely be able to give a pleasant surprise to your husband Good Luck Hope this helps —DK

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:38:23 +0000

This is my very first time going to try out to make my own murukku and tattai which I will be following your method. They are really easy and simple to make. Thank you and good job!

By: Lavanya

Lavanya — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:38:32 +0000

thanks for sharing the excellent recipe ! thattai came out very crispy and tasty.was easy to make too ,unlike the murukku which has to be made with the murruku maker,my hands used to pain while using the murukku maker.but this thattai is very easy to make without much strain.
thanks a lot!

I am glad you like it Lavanya Yes sometimes making Murukkus can be a real hardwork! But they are so worth it arent they That’s why I always say, its better if someone else makes them for me – DK