SUZHIYAN | SUZHIYAM

SUZHIYAN | SUZHIYAM 

Suzhiyan is a festive dish and is one of the traditional and popular sweet prepared during Diwali. This is nothing but sweet dumplings , dipped in a batter prepared with maida and finally deep fried. First you need to prepare the filling with chana dal, jaggery and coconut and the rest becomes easy :)

For this sweet dumplings  you need

1 cup of jaggery
1/2 cup of chana dal
1/2 cup of grated coconut
1/2 tsp. of cardamom powder

For the outer layer(Batter)

1 cup of maida
Salt
Oil for frying

Preparation

Soak the Chana dal for 30 mins. Pressure cook them until they turn soft , mash it and keep it aside.

In a pan, dry roast the grated coconut slightly and keep it aside.

In a heavy bottomed vessel, add jaggery along with a cup of water , when the jaggery gets dissolved filter to remove the impurities from it.

Add the filtered jaggery to the same pan, add the mashed chana dal along with coconut and cardamom powder and allow it to cook until it thickens.

Filling for preparing suzhiyan is ready.

In a bowl , mix maida with salt and add sufficient water , make a slightly thick batter.

Now take small balls from the filling , dip in this batter and deep fry them.

Remove the suzhiyans from oil and keep them in kitchen towel.

Delicious suzhiyan's are ready for this Diwali :)

WISHING U ALL A VERY HAPPY DIWALI :)