Sooyan
- For the outer cover
- 1/2 cup rice
- 1/2 cup Urad Dal
- For the filling
- 3 cups channa dal
- 10 1/2 cups jaggery
- 2 teaspoons cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoons cashew nuts
- oil (to deep fry)
- 2 cups fresh grated coconut
- Wash& soak the chana dal for 2 hours.
- Grind to a fine paste.
- Pressure cook the ground paste.
- Cool.
- Crush into smaller pieces.
- Set aside.
- In a pan, dissolve the jaggery in 3 cups of water and make a one-thread fine consistency syrup.
- Now add the crushed pieces of chana dal.
- Mix well.
- Stir.
- Add grated coconut.
- When it thickens, add the cardamom powder.
- Cool.
- Make equal lemon-sized balls.
- Set aside.
- Mix rice and dal together to make a fine powder in a mixer.
- Add water and make it into a thick batter.
- Heat oil on medium heat.
- Dip the dal-jaggery balls in the batter.
- Gently slip into the oil.
- Deep fry atleast five at a time.
- Drain and serve hot or cold with sugar on top.
- The filling can be replaced by the coconut-jaggery mixture also.
- Coconut and jaggery are mixed in equal proportions till the mixture thickens and equal-sized balls are made.
- The outer cover is done in the same way and deep fried.
outer, rice, filling, channa dal, jaggery, cardamom powder, cashew nuts, oil, coconut
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sooyan-9164 (may not work)