Sukhian (green gram ladoo)

Ingredients

Greengram                    2 cups

Jaggery                          200gms

Grated coconut                1 cup

Cardamom  powder       ¼  tsp

Ghee                              1 tb sp

Water                             2 cups

For the batter

Maida                            1 cup

Riceflour                      ¼ cup

Water                            ¼-1/2  cup

Salt

Oil                                 2 cups

Method

Powder jaggery and boil with 2 cups of  water till it  dissolve, Filter through a fine steel  sieve.

Cook green gram with 1 cup water and salt.Take care not to overcook.

Keep a heavy pan on stove and boil filtered jaggery and boil till you get a thick syrup. Add grated coconut and stir for 5 minutes. Add cooked green gram and stir well for 5 minutes. Add ghee and powdered cardamom and continue stirring for another 5 minutes till it is dry. Remove from fire  and let it cool.

When the green gram and jaggery mix is warm, take a table spoonfull in one hand and make small balls like ladoos.

Make a thick batter with maida, rice flour, salt and water. Boil oil in a pan. Take each ball, dip in the batter and deep fry.Take out when its  light golden colour. You can fry 4 or 5 at a time depending upon the size of the pan.

There will be 30 ladoos with this measure.