Sukhiyan / Sugeen Traditional Kerala Snack

   

Sukhiyan / Sugeen Traditional Kerala Snack

      Sukhiyan is a deep fried traditional Kerala tea time snack made from Green gram / Mung dal, coconut  and jaggery filling. Let’s see how we can prepare it……..

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Ingredients

For filling:

• Green gram (Whole) - 2 cups.
• Jagerry – 1 cup.
• Grated Coconut- ½ cup.
• Cinnomon powder -1/2 tsp.
• Ghee – 2 tsp.

All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cups.

Rice flour – ½ cup.

Salt a pinch.

Oil to deep fry.

Sukhiyan / Sugeen Traditional Kerala Snack

Method of Preparation

1. Soak the green gram 4-5 hour. Pressure cooks it with a pinch of salt by adding around 2 cups of water. Evaporate the water and keep it aside.
2. Melt and strain the jaggery (to remove impurities)
3. In a bowl, take all purpose flour, rice flour and some salt, Add some water and make a thick batter ( like idali batter).
4. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the Ghee. Add grated coconut and cardamom powder, give a quick stir. Then transfer cooked green gram to the pan, mix well and pour the jaggery water to it. Mix well and allow the water to evaporate.
5. Saute it well for a couple of minutes and then remove from the stove.
6. Make small lemon size balls with this mixture.
7. Heat oil in a pan. When it becomes hot, dip each of the green gram balls in the batter, coat it uniformly, then gently transfer into the hot oil and deep fry till it become yellowish with a crispy texture. Like this prepare all sukiyans…
8. Serve hot with tea…..Enjoy!!!!