Dry roast the whole urad dal for 2 minutes or so till the color slightly changes; cool it and grind it into a fine Powder. Alternatively, the store brought urad dal can be used. Just sure it for few seconds after rice flour changes color and switch off
In the same pan, on low flame, dry roast the rice flour; till the colour slightly changes and aroma of rice flour nicely spreads in the kitchen
Add store brought urad dal flour and give a quick saute. Switch off. Skip this step for homemade urad dal flour
In a separate bowl combine jaggery and hot water. Let it sit for 5 minutes or till it melt ( Powdered jaggery melts quickly). My jaggery pieces was little big so after 3 minutes I broke the pieces and Microwaved for 1 minutes
Strain the syrup into a non stick / heavy bottomed pan. Add coconut and In medium heat cook the jaggery syrup till it boils
Add sesame seed and cardamom powder let the jaggery syrup boils well
Once the jaggery boils well add flour mix to the jaggery syrup and stir continuously to avoid lumps. Cook till you get a non sticky dough. Cover and rest the dough with a damp cloth
Preheat the oven to 400 F
I have placed parchment paper on baking tray and grease it with oil
Grease both hands with enough oil and take small portion of dough (make sure remaining dough is covered with damp cloth to prevent the dough from getting dry) press it with right hand and roll the dough gently into small balls. Does mine looks like a perfect seedai? well after baking it turned into a shape somewhere between semi - circle and circle. It's baked and of course homemade so ok if its not so perfect, right?:-)
Make seedai and spread on baking tray. Since we prepared the seedai with greased hand the seedai won't be dry, if you feel it's a bit dry, drizzle some oil. The key is not to have any dry side in any seedai
Before keeping the seedai Turn down the oven temperature to 375 degree F
Bake on the preheated oven (375) for 6 minutes. Gently turn the side and grease the dry portion with little oil (Pls be careful while turning sides, its going to be piping hot. I used a spoon to turn)
Continue baking in 375 F for another 6 minutes
Flip and grease the seedai
Turn down the temperature to 350 F and bake for 3 minutes
Grease again and flip
Bake for 3 minutes or until all sides are brown
By this time Seedai may cheat you as if its not done, don't believe it. If you see crumb like inner texture and golden brown outer layer, its done.. Cool it and after 20 minutes It turns into perfect Seedai. Transfer into a airtight container after the Seedai are properly cooled
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