Tasty sweet made with maida and with a filling of coconut,fried gram and sugar. It is also called kajjikayalu in andhra pradesh, karanji in maharashtra .
Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Yields - 20-23 nos of somas.
INGREDIENTS:
All purpose flour/Maida - 3 cups
Rava/Sooji - 1/2 cup
Oil - 3 tablespoon
Salt - a pinch
FOR STUFFING:
Fried gram/pottu kadalai - 1 cup
Desiccated coconut powder - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Cashew nuts - A handful chopped.
Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
Oil for deep frying.
METHOD:
1. In a pan, dry roast fried gram , till it is hot to touch. Set aside.
2. In the same pan, dry roast coconut powder till you get nice aroma. Don't over roast. The color should not change and should be white.
3. In the same pan, add some ghee and fry chopped cashews.
4. Now, grind the fried gram in to a coarse powder.
5. Now mix the grinded gram with coconut powder, powdered sugar and roasted cashews. Mix them well. The stuffing for somas is ready !.
6. Now in a large bowl, add maida, salt and 3 tablespoon of oil. Mix them well. Add water gradually and knead them to form a thick dough. The dough consistency should be as like we make for poori. Cover the dough with wet cloth and allow it to rest for 2 hours.
7. Now take small lemon sized ball and flatten it to the size of poori. Do not make it too thick . Else when you fry, the outer layer gets too thick. Make it slightly thin. Now using any metal vessel bottom, press it on the dough to get a perfect circular shape. I used approximately 4.5 inch diameter sized vessel. By this way, we get same sized somas.
8. Now keep about 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of stuffing in the center of the dough.
9. Apply some water on the edges of half of the circle and close it . Press it well , so that the fillings wont come out when you fry. This is very important. Else, when you deep fry, the fillings would come out . You can also decorate the edges using a fork.
10. Now deep fry them in oil, till they change to golden brown.
11. Sweet somas is ready !. Do try and leave your comments !
NOTES:
1. If you have leftover stuffing , you can add some ghee to it and roll them to round shape. They are called fried gram ladoos !
2. SEE ALSO: Carrot halwa, Poori payasam, Milk powder Gulab jamun
Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Yields - 20-23 nos of somas.
INGREDIENTS:
All purpose flour/Maida - 3 cups
Rava/Sooji - 1/2 cup
Oil - 3 tablespoon
Salt - a pinch
FOR STUFFING:
Fried gram/pottu kadalai - 1 cup
Desiccated coconut powder - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Cashew nuts - A handful chopped.
Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
Oil for deep frying.
METHOD:
1. In a pan, dry roast fried gram , till it is hot to touch. Set aside.
2. In the same pan, dry roast coconut powder till you get nice aroma. Don't over roast. The color should not change and should be white.
3. In the same pan, add some ghee and fry chopped cashews.
4. Now, grind the fried gram in to a coarse powder.
5. Now mix the grinded gram with coconut powder, powdered sugar and roasted cashews. Mix them well. The stuffing for somas is ready !.
6. Now in a large bowl, add maida, salt and 3 tablespoon of oil. Mix them well. Add water gradually and knead them to form a thick dough. The dough consistency should be as like we make for poori. Cover the dough with wet cloth and allow it to rest for 2 hours.
7. Now take small lemon sized ball and flatten it to the size of poori. Do not make it too thick . Else when you fry, the outer layer gets too thick. Make it slightly thin. Now using any metal vessel bottom, press it on the dough to get a perfect circular shape. I used approximately 4.5 inch diameter sized vessel. By this way, we get same sized somas.
8. Now keep about 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of stuffing in the center of the dough.
9. Apply some water on the edges of half of the circle and close it . Press it well , so that the fillings wont come out when you fry. This is very important. Else, when you deep fry, the fillings would come out . You can also decorate the edges using a fork.
10. Now deep fry them in oil, till they change to golden brown.
11. Sweet somas is ready !. Do try and leave your comments !
NOTES:
1. If you have leftover stuffing , you can add some ghee to it and roll them to round shape. They are called fried gram ladoos !
2. SEE ALSO: Carrot halwa, Poori payasam, Milk powder Gulab jamun
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