Seedai Vedi

It's been a while since I blogged about anything. But I wanted to blog about an interesting incident that took place on Krishna Jeyanthi day yesterday. I was planning to make murukku for Krishna Jeyanthi and suddenly I had a thought to try out seedai using the same dough. I have never attempted seedai before nor have I seen someone making it also. But just like that, thought I'd give it a try, as I do other things. So I went on to make small balls of dough, and as soon as I finished making a dozen, after checking the oil for the right temperature, dropped the balls into it. Aditya was busy playing in another room and my hubby had just got up from bed, and we were chatting about the plans for today, when I heard the first pop. Boom! Then in succession, the balls of seedai began to pop out of the oil, along with hot oil!!! In a matter of a few seconds, almost half the oil was out, with my electric range showing some signs on being close to a fire! I bravely attempted to go closer to get the oil pan out of the range and switch off the stove, but my hubby quickly stopped me. I had already got a couple of burns from the oil during the initial pops. Then, I was panicking while my hubby got hold of a stool and from 5 feet away, pushed the pan out of the range, and after a while went ahead and switched off the stove...........Pooffffffffff. It was a scary morning for me.
Boy....would I ever forget Krishna Jeyanthi 2008?

We spent the next hour cleaning the oily mess in the kitchen. And in the next hour or so, I diligently finished off making my murukkus as originally planned. I usually pride myself in being able to experiment with anything in cooking (not so much in baking though) - but this was one occasion that I wasn't too proud of. What a way to put you right in your place - "humbled by a seedai" :)
My hubby was laughing at me later, proudly telling everyone about my kitchen disaster that day...he called them "seedai bombs".

My mom later told me that seedai is generally tricky to make - and that the balls of dough really need to dry up and lose all the water used in making the dough before they are popped in hot oil!

So beware all you out there trying to make seedais! On another note, we had a good Krishna Jeyanthi in the evening with pooja and all, and here's a picture of Aditya as "kutti krishnan" too!