Sukhiyan / Green gram dal fritters

My Husband loves this snack a lot, so I thought of making this on his birthday. I usually bake  cakes whenever I feel like. So baking a cake on his birthday will not surprise him and so I made these lovely cute sukhiyans for his birthday. Not only sukhiyan but many more like Date Love (sweet with dates), Sharkara payasam, Ney chor (ghee rice) and so on. You can see all the other in my coming posts. My Husband and even my Dad both love this snack.

Sukhiyan is a common snack item in Kerala. In Kerala?s local tea shops, this will be seen in the glass almirah mostly during tea time. We can say that this is the brother of Andhra poornalu and also a bit like modhakam. The name ?Sukhiyan?, I think is because of the ?Sukh? while eating this. :-).. Wow what a revelation and a half:-)

Enough stories.. Lets get into the recipe now. It is a snack made of moong dal, coconut and jaggery coated with maida batter and deep fried in oil.

Ingredients:
Moong Dal (green gram dal) / Cherupayar- ½ cupJaggery (grated) - ½ cup Coconut- 1cupCardamom Powder- 1tspWater- as requiredFor batter:Maida / all purpose flour- 1cupCumin- 2tspturmeric powder- 1tspSalt- a pinchWater- to mix
Method:
Wash Green gram and cook in pressure cooker till it is soft. Do not overcook.In a pan, add jaggery with little water and melt. When it starts thickening, add the grated coconut,  cardamom powder and mix well.Add the cooked moong dal and saute well till it becomes dry without any water is left.Remove from stove and keep it aside. Allow it to coolIn a bowl, take maida, salt, turmeric powder and cumin. Add water till it becomes lump less thick batter.Make small size balls with the moong dal mixture. Dip it in the maida batter and deep fry it in hot oil.Enjoy this with a cup of hot tea.In the first session of frying, I forgot to add turmeric powder. Those are the white sukhiyans you see in the photo. :-)