Button Cheeda Recipe That Turns One Dough Into Two Snacks

Button Cheeda is made with steamed all-purpose flour, powdered roasted gram dal, roasted and powdered urad dal, vanaspati, salt, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, asafoetida powder and oil for frying. The ingredients are kneaded with enough water to the consistency of chapati dough before shaping and frying.

The dough should be kneaded to the consistency of chapati dough. After rubbing vanaspati into the first set of ingredients, add the third set of ingredients and enough water. This helps the dough hold its shape when made into small balls and pressed like buttons.

After preparing the dough, make it into small balls. Then press each ball with a finger to shape it like a button. This simple shaping step gives the snack its button-like appearance before it is fried in hot oil and drained.

Yes. Murukku can also be made with the same dough. Put the dough in a sevanazhi fitted with a murukku disc and press it into hot oil. This makes the recipe useful for preparing two different fried snacks from one dough.

Vanaspati is added to the first set of ingredients and rubbed to combine well. This step helps distribute the fat through the flour and dal powders before water is added. It supports the texture of the dough used for shaping and frying Button Cheeda.