Uppu Seedai and vella seedai are
the most common snack made for Gokulashtami.It is the same dough made in sweet
and salt versions. It is made with rice flour and jaggery. It is very crispy
and little hard like a chikki but tastes awesome!!Vella seedai is always tricky
and to be more honest it failed me many times Past two years it doesnt came out good .either the vella seedai will come
too hard or when i put it in oil everything will dissolve in oil... but I never
gave up. but This year it came out perfect and
taste is very delicious.
Ingredients:
Rice flour - 1 cup
Urad dal flour -2 tsp
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Butter - 1 tbsp
Coconut grated - 1 tbsp
Sesame seeds - 1tbsp
Elachi powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - as required to fry
Method:
1. Soak the rice and rinse it in
water for about 30 mins and then spread the rice in a towel till it becomes
dry..Now grind the rice in a mixer to a fine powder.
2. Soak the sesame seeds in water
for 30mins.Then dry and roast the sesame seeds
3. Add jaggery in a pan with 1/2
cup of water and when it dissolves, strain the jaggery water to avoid sand.
4. Again boil the jaggery water along with
cocunut and sesame seeds and keep stirring it until the jaggery comes to one
string consistency.
5.When we take a drop of jaggery
in a finger and it should form like a string. This is the correct consistency
for the jaggery
6. Now remove the jaggery from flame. Pour the
jaggery into the rice flour and mix it well along with cardamom powder.
7. Keep this mixture aside for at least one day
8. The next day, heat the required
oil in a heavy bottomed pan
9. Make gooseberry size small
balls of the vella seedai mixture and drop around 5-6 balls once the oil is
hot.
10Deep fry the seedai till it
becomes golden color. Repeat the process for the rest of vella seedai flour.
11.The Delicious Vella Seedai is
ready for Neivedhyam for krishnajayanthi as well as for serving
