Recipe updated with video
Vella Cheedai| Vella Seedai recipe is a very popular sweet made during Gokulashtami/Krishna
Jayanthi in Tamil Nadu, Deep-fried sweet balls made of jaggery and rice flour.. For a long time, I found making Vella Cheedai quite tricky as I failed many a times while trying to make them. Either the vella cheedais would become hard or completely dissolve when immersed in oil. Last Saturday, all of a sudden, I thought of giving this vella cheedai a try once again. It started off well and just when I started adding the cheedais in oil, the whole thing turned into a disaster. No marks for guessing that the cheedais got completely dissolved in oil. Though I felt a little bad, I did not give up and made a fresh batch after taking a few tips from my friend’s mother. I was overjoyed on getting perfect vella seedais and now I can happily say that I can make vella cheedais with ease. I have updated the recipe with Video. I have also posted a salted version of these cheedais. Check out my uppu seedai recipe. Check out my full collection of Janmashtami | Krishna jayanthi recipes. Do see this post with detailed tips and tricks on making seedai with a video by my mom.
Preparation Time : 45 mins | Cooking Time :1 hour |Makes: 40 seedais approx.
Home made rice flour 1 cup
Roasted urad dal flour 1 tblsp
Jaggery 1/2 cup
Butter 2 tblsp
Sesame seeds 1 tsp
Grated coconut 2 tblsp
Elachi powder a pinch
Oil for deep frying
Ghee 1/2 tsp
Video for vella seedai
Method:
To make Urad dal flour:
- Dry roast 4 tblsp of urad dhal in a pan.
- Just roast till golden brown.
- When it is cool, make it a fine powder in a mixie.
- Sieve the flour twice.
- Keep the flour in a airtight container till you use.
- Roast the rice flour and urad dal flour in a dry pan on low flame . Be careful not to change the colour. Roast for 1-2 mins.
- Sieve this flour and roast it again.
- Repeat this process twice.
- Be very careful not to over roast the flour by changing the colour.
- Keep it aside.
To make Vella Seedai:
- In a dry pan roast the sesame seeds till they become golden brown colour. Add it to the sieved flour.
- In a dry pan roast the coconut till they become golden brown colour. Add it to the sieved flour.
- Add butter and cardamom powder to this.
- In a saucepan add the jaggery and add 2 tblsp of water to this.
- Melt the jaggery and boil till it comes to a rolling boil.
- Switch off the flame and slowly filter the jaggery water and add it to the flour mixture and mix this gently with the spoon.
- Make it into a pliable tight dough.
- Either you may end up in leaving a few tblsp of jaggery water or you may tend to add 2-3 tblsp of water to make it a tight dough.
- I added 2 tblsp of water to make it into a dough.
- Roll them into a small balls( slightly bigger than uppu seedai)
- spread them in a Kitchen towel or a newspaper as it will absorb the excess moisture.Let this sit for 10 minutes.
- Heat the oil for deep frying.
- Slowly drop the seedai balls in oil in small batches.
- Do not add too much in oil at a time
- Keep the flame in medium low else it will not get cooked inside.
- When it becomes nice brown color take out and drain in the kitchen towel.
- Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.
- When it is completely cool store this in a airtight container.
- It is common to get cracks in vella seedai after it is fried.
Tips for making perfect vella seedai:
- Always roast the flour and sieve them twice. This will avoid the seedai from bursting.
- If the jaggery is too much and the dough is little soft the seedai will dissolve in oil once you drop them.
- So always ensure that the dough is tight. Even you are left with a few spoons of jaggery water doesn’t matter.
- Never skip to roast the sesame seeds and coconut.
- You can use the store bought rice flour too.
- Always cook the Vella seedai in low flame so that it will be cooked from inside too.
Appreciate your elaborate explanation & perfect tutorial Jeyasri! 🙂
I've never attempted making seedai at home! Yours look delicious!
They look very deicious jey..I wish I could pop few of them
Delicious cheedais,came out so well…
perfect one 🙂
Wish i could grab a few from the pic, looks delicious!
Mouth watering seedai…
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Seedai looks so crunchy and yummy dear
wow… I hv soaked rice for vella seedai and i was sure that u ll post the recipe today 🙂
Its new to me bt quite interesting… Will try sometime….
Perfect one! So far I tried few times most of the time it is hard or dissolves in the water congrats for ur successful attempt.. True enough making this is a process
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wow… my most favorite one…
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I love it, wish I got few for munching 🙁 too bad u emptied it so soon! 😀
If I would have known earlier about ur plans of visiting simei, I would have reserved a few. We finished the entire bowl in 15 mins:)
iam drooling.. planning to start the work tomorrow:)
Lovely..never ever tried attempting this..have heard its quite tricky making this…good job…
I never tried this but yours looks marvellous dear!
I wish I can get those …looks perfect
Getting this right is an art! Loved your presentation
Delicious snack and neatly explained:-)
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would love to pop on these every now & then. Looks tempting!
Perfectly made cheedais….I have never tried my hands on making cheedais as yet…have done once in the supervision of my MIL…she always gets perfect cheedais…
My grandma used to buy these from the famous 'grand sweets' when we were kids!!!! Sigh!!!! Never knew we could make it at home so easily!! 🙂 great job!
They look crunchy & tempting..
Looks so good and inviting !! Very eloborate explanation… Nice 🙂
I havent tried it yet.. I shall def try your recipe and let you know your feedback…
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These are called "bora" in Marathi meaning "ber" in hindi. I never thought that this recipe existed with any other Indians except a little community of Brahmins from Konkan region. These are made during Diwali and as a tradition as a inaugural sweet before anything else is made. They are delish and everyone loves them, but alas…….. they are made only once a year.
Thanks for the info. Even i don't know about this.
Thank you Jeyashri! My MIL wanted to make this for Gokulashtami, but wasn't keen due to her past experiences (it would always disintegrate while frying). So I looked for the recipe online and found this. I'm happy to say that we were able to get perfect cheedais by following your wonderfully detailed recipe. Thanks once again 🙂
Thank u so much. Happy to know that it turned out great.
Looking yummy will try this receipe
Looking yummy
Thanks for the receipe
Hi Jeya, Its looking very perfect… But wen I am trying to fry in a low flame even then the inside portion is not getting cruncy… please give me some tips…
The reason may be the ball is big or the oil is less in the pan or the pan should be over crowded with seedais
Thank you very much, both seedais came out well
Thank you soooooooooo much mam…… I tried both the seedai. It's the first time for me… Came very well.. So happy… Thank you
Dear Ms.Jeyashri.. First of all god bless you loads for the good deed that you are doing. Sure, there must be countless happy homes enjoying the variety of delicacies following your blog. I myself have tried various dishes and my home is always bubbling and happy, enjoying the variety they get. For the first time in my life, I tried preparing both the cheedais, vellam and rava and they turned out amazingly wonderful. Except while frying the vella cheedai at the initial stage, it broke loose and got mixed up… I then opted to keep the remaining unfried cheedais a longer duration for the moisture to be absorbed which helped to be intact when fried later. I was so happy and felt on top of the world. The best part of your blog is, most of the delicacies are so easily and readily available and one does not have to depend or seek help from the elders for any special delicacies. Thanks to you and all our good wishes for your continuous support.
Dear Ms.Jeyashri.. First of all god bless you loads for the good deed that you are doing. Sure, there must be countless happy homes enjoying the variety of delicacies following your blog. I myself have tried various dishes and my home is always bubbling and happy, enjoying the variety they get. For the first time in my life, I tried preparing both the cheedais, vellam and rava and they turned out amazingly wonderful. Except while frying the vella cheedai at the initial stage, it broke loose and got mixed up… I then opted to keep the remaining unfried cheedais a longer duration for the moisture to be absorbed which helped to be intact when fried later. I was so happy and felt on top of the world. The best part of your blog is, most of the delicacies are so easily and readily available and one does not have to depend or seek help from the elders for any special delicacies. Thanks to you and all our good wishes for your continuous support.
Thank you so much Ms.Usha for your nice words and wishes. Glad that you liked my recipes. Keep visiting. Thanks from the bottom of my heart
Tried today.. superb
Thank u Jeyashri
Whether it will come crispy. Generally they are asking me to wait for five to six hours after mixing the dough. is it the procedure. pls reply me quickly
Yes very crispy . Only for adirasam we keep aside for 5 hours and more. Just follow the recipe
Tried the Vella seeds recipe with store bought rice flour. Turned out very well. Thanks for the accurate measurements and precise instructions. I've tried many of your recipes and have never been disappointed. Thanks for this blog. Shardha