Kara seedai / Spicy seedai recipe is one of the easy and interesting seedai varieties. Recently we bought this seedai in a shop and loved its spicy taste. For every Gokulashtami /Krishna jayanthi, we get varieties of seedai in Salem Lakshmi sweets. I have seen masala seedai, mint seedai, kara seedai, vennai seedai in the menu. I wish to try all of them and share in my blog. To begin with, I started with this kara seedai recipe.

Traditionally seedai recipe is prepared using processed rice flour/ homemade rice flour by soaking and grinding raw rice/ maavu arisi. But its a time consuming process to make a small batch. So I started using store bought idiyappam flour or kozhukattai flour to make sweet seedai and spicy seedai.

I have tried Double horse, Nirapara, Anil brands so far. All are good. Even if we use store bought dry flour, we must roast it to make crunchy seedai. If you make seedai without roasting the rice flour, seedai may stick to the tongue while eating. It won’t be light and crunchy as well. Also this seedai takes more time to cook. So you have to fry it patiently. Please keep this point and try this recipe. I am sure you won’t be disappointed with the results. I have also used pottukadalai maavu instead of roasted urad dal flour/ uluthamaavu. Color of the seedai may vary based on the quantity of chilli powder. Mine was not so dark in color but it tasted spicy and flavorful just like store bought ones.

Friends. do try this kara seedai recipe for this Krishna jayanthi festival and share your feedback with me.

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Kara seedai recipe / spicy seedai recipe

Kara seedai recipe / spicy seedai recipe with store bought rice flour

Cuisine: Tamil nadu

Category: Snacks

Serves: 30 to 50

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 20 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml

Store bought idiyappam flour / kozhukattai flour - 1/2 cup
Roasted gram flour / Pottukadalai maavu - 1 tbsp
Soft butter - 2 tsp (at room temperature)
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Hing/ asafetida - 1/4 tsp
Powdered coconut - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Cumin seeds or black sesame seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as needed
Cooking oil - to deep fry

HOW TO MAKE KARA SEEDAI RECIPE

Heat a kadai and dry roast the rice flour in medium flame for few minutes.
Remove the flour as soon as it starts to fume slightly.
Cool down the flour, Sieve and take rice flour, roasted gram flour. Add other ingredients except cooking oil and water.
Mix well to spread the butter evenly. Add water gradually and make a soft, smooth, non-sticky dough.
Roll seedai and spread in a cotton cloth, rest for 5 minutes and deep fry in oil.
Fry in batches by tossing them till bubbles cease. Remove and drain in a tissue.
Cool down and store in a box. Enjoy for a week !

KARA SEEDAI RECIPE - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Heat a kadai and dry roast the idiyappam / kozhukattai flour for few minutes in medium flame without burning. Remove as soon as the flour starts to fume. Switch off the flame and draw a line to check it. Cool down.

Sieve the rice flour and roasted gram flour to a avoid bursting( most important step). Add chilli powder, salt, hing and powdered coconut. Add soft butter at room temperature. Mix it well to spread the butter evenly.

Add water gradually and make a smooth, non-sticky , soft dough. Roll seedai and spread in a cotton cloth. I got around 100 seedai. Make 2 rod shapes for baby Krishna. Let it dry for 5 minutes.

Heat oil to deep fry. Drop a pinch of dough. If it rises to the top immediately, oil temperature is right. Fry a batch of seedai in medium flame. Do not disturb or stir the seedai as soon as you drop them. Leave for a minute and then toss the seedai gently. (If you are a beginner and afraid of seedai bursting in oil, try this tip. Heat oil in a small tadka kadai. Drop one or two seedai and check it it burst or disperse in oil, If not, you can proceed for frying in big batches).

This seedai takes more time to cook. So cook it patiently in medium flame by tossing it in between. Remove the seedai after the bubbles cease. Do not burn them.

Remove in a tissue paper and drain the oil. Seedai becomes slightly darker in color as it cools down. It becomes more crunchy the next day. Store in an air tight box once the seedai cools down completely. It stays good for a week. Enjoy !