Easy Maida Seedai - Maida Palakayalu - No burst Seedai

 Seedai is a krishna jayanthi or sree jayanthi recipe.This is the traditional South Indian snack.Here i made uppu seedai with Maida, also called maida seedai. It gives unique taste to seedai.My grand mother told, that it is a fool  proof method to make seedai without  any chances of  burst. It is a simple and quick method to make uppu seedai or palakaya recipe.

Ingredients

Maida - 1 cup.

Sour curd - 1 tsp.

cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp.

hing - 1/8 tsp

sesame seeds - 1 tsp.

Butter/Ghee  - 2 tbsp.

chilli powder - 1/2  tsp.

salt - for taste.

Preparation

• Take a Mixing bowl add Maida,cumin seeds,hing,sesame seeds,butter,sour curd,chilli powder,salt with needed water into a pliable dough.(pliable means flexible,should not be too soft or hard).

        

    

• Take a pinch of it ,and make equal sized small balls,greater than peas size, and place it in a paper or plate.

Method

•  Take a thick bottomed kadai, heat the oil, place a small amount of dough into oil, when it pops out immediately, it is an indication that oil is hot.

• Now drop in bunches, according to the quantity of oil.slowly move it once, so that it will avoid sticking to each other  and gets cooked evenly.

•  When it turns, mild  golden brown colour, remove it from the kadai, using slotter and place in absorbent paper to absorb excess oil.

•  Repeat the same procedure for remaining batches.

• Now uppu seedai(palakaya) is ready. Savory balls are ready for Lord Krishna.

Note:

• You can make uppu seedai using rice flour in the same manner, instead of maida you can add rice flour.
• Make sure while making balls, do it of same size, so that it gets cooked evenly.
• Remove the seedai, from the kadai based upon the colour, when it turns golden brown colour.
• Also check the items using for this dough, should not contain any impurities.Due to impurities there is a chances of burst.
• In maida seedai, as soon as you make the balls, you can deep fry it. Not necessary to wait till moistures goes.