Uppu Seedai | Salt Seedai Recipe | Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

Uppu Seedai or salt seedai is a crunchy traditional snack done during Krishna Jayanthi. Learn how to make uppu seedai in a easy way in this recipe.

Ingredients for making salt Seedai

Rice flour – 2 cup
Urad dal flour – 2 1/2 tbsp
Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
Butter/ Ghee – 2 tbsp
White Sesame seeds (ellu) – 2 tbsp
Salt as needed
Oil to deep fry

Instructions for making salt Seedai

Preparation of rice flour

Wash the raw rice 2 to 3 times and then soak for 1 hour. Drain the water completely. Next spread it on a clean cloth and dry it in shade. Let it dry completely. Then dry grind it to a fine powder in a mixie. Then sieve it and you can store this for making many traditional recipes like thattai, puttu, uppu seedai and murukku.

Urad dal flour

Dry roast urad dal until the dal turns golden brown. Dry grind it to a fine powder, sieve it and store in acontainer.


Uppu Seedai Preparation

1. Take rice flour in a kadai, add urad dal flour, roast until steam comes and take care not to discolor the flour.

2. Roast coconut for few mins in a kadai and keep aside.

3. Take a wide botommed vessel add the rice flour and urad dal flour, add butter and sesame seeds, roasted coconut and required salt and mix well.

4. Mix everything well so that the butter and remaining ingredients are evenly distributed.

5. Mix well  and add little water to form a dough.The dough should be tight enough and must not be too loose.

6. Pinch a small piece of the dough and roll it out using your palms into small balls. Roll gently, do not roll tight.

7. If cracks appear on the balls just leave it as it will prevent the seedais from bursting. Allow to rest for 30 minutes so that it will be dried.

8. Heat oil, add few balls and fry in low medium flame. Fry in batches till it is deep brown in color.

9. Drain in a tissue, cool down then store in an airtight container.

Now the crunchy uppu seedai is ready.