Uppu Seedai

Hi Priya and other friends

I made this seedai the day before “gokulashtami’ on an evening, prepared it, and followed this recipe word by word. Already i have heard stories from my mother and SIL about seedai spluttering, so took extreme cautions, with roasting the floors, rolling tiny balls, and frying and everything.

I just started frying the 1st batch for the 2nd time(according torecipe), atleast 4-5 seedai spluttered like mad and quiet an amount of hot oil spilled on my eyes and cheeks(on the right side) thank god we have such a quick reflux by God with the eys, so i had closed my eyes, so luckily it didn’t get into my eyes. but on my eye lids and on my right cheek, one top layer of my skin immediately came out and burnt the skin underneath.

thank god my husband was at home , during that time, (making my 10month old baby to have a nap) in the other room, he came rushing, poured cold water on my face, and immediately kept Ice cubes all over, immeidately all of us rushed to the ER they gave the first aid and we were waiting for along time to meet the actual Doctor, it was getting too late, so we juse (eloped(!) from the ER and contacted a Desi doctor we know personaly, he gave me an oinment and i am even now typing this with the oinment on my face, they said it will take 6 more days to get normal.

huhhhhhhhh, i just trashed the 4 cups of seedai balls, and everything after coming home..

Priya – if you don’t mind, we can edit the term 100% gurantee for not spluttering). why i am saying because, i am quite comfortable with making thenkuzhal, ribbon, thattai,murukku and stuff. I made seedai myself last year when i was in India (nothing happened). but see this time, I think seedai as such is a really tricky stuff. so what if an ametured cook, wants to make it out of temptation without actually knowing the seriousness.

for other friends still if you want to do it, pls follow these precautions(i got this from the doctor who treated this)

1.in US we have 4 stove tops, always fry these stuff by using the rear stove tops,and NOT the front ones.

2. wear a fully covered cotton dress(like apron may be)

3.don’t have small kids in the room itself, (my home-it splutterd for the next 50metres) atleast.

4.we get a ‘salladai like stuff in walmart and similar stores(to prevent oil spluttering) use it.

Its so sad i have a 10month old baby boy(its my first) i thought of dressing him up like krishnar today with all colorfuls tuff, and have a good time in the evening, but due to all this mess, i had made “appams” the day before on wednesday,today with my husband’s help did payasam,and finished the entire story of gokulashtami.

so just writing this with concern, for others. I myself have made seedai before when i was in india, i was newly married and totally zero in cooking, even then (i think i was just lucky enough) nothing happened.
but over these past 3-4 yrs , i have quiet mastered cooking and have been very careful, in spite of everything i could not escape this.

Hi priya

Can we use the dessicated coconut, instead of roasting and grinding the scrapped coconut?

I am making this for gokulashtami. please let me know.

thanks in advance
gayu