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Malabar cuisine

Stuffed Date Fritters/ Eenthapazham Nirachu Porichathu

Stuffed Date Fritters remind me of Ramdhan spent in Abudhabi, UAE. When Ramdhan falls during July-August, you get different varieties of dates from the farm that are sweeter than honey and give you a jump start  while breaking a day long fast from dawn to dusk. Some Arab farm owners may gift you few kilograms of dates  just for visiting their farms.

 

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Ingredients

Dates/Eethapazham 10 N0
Raw Cashewnuts  10 No
All purpose Flour 1/2 cup
Rice flour 2 Tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Salt a pinch
Water as needed
Oil for frying

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Desserts/Puddings, Malabar cuisine, Sweet snack

Kinnathappam

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“Kinnathappam” means a sweet rice cake that is steamed in a pan(kinnam). Malayalis use it as a sweet snack or a dessert.For me, it was one of the best afterschool snacks…ummmm… just like neyyappam or unniyappam. The choice is yours whether to have a fried snack or a steamed one.

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Ingredients

Raw Rice – 1cup
Egg white -1 No
Sugar- 1/2cup
Coconut grated -1 cup
Cardamom whole -3
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Shallot- 1 N0
Ghee- 1 tbsp

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Malabar cuisine, Sweet snack

Sukhiyan

Sukhiyan is another mouthwatering snack of Kerala. These are sweet green gram balls dipped in batter and deep fried. Similar to bonda preparation but a sweet delicacy. Try it for yourself and let me know the feedback…

 

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Ingredients

Green gram (whole) – 1 cup
Jaggery – ½ cup
Grated coconut- ½ cup
Cardamom powder ½ teaspoon
Ghee- 1 tablespoon
Maida/All purpose flour- 1 cup
Water-as required
Oil-for deep frying
Salt a pinch

Method

1. Cook the Green gram adding 1 1/2 cup water, and when it is almost done add a pinch of salt. Do not overcook, then it will be difficult to mould into medium lemon size balls.

2. Heat Ghee in a heavy bottomed saucepan.When it melts, add jaggery. Mix well and let it melt.

3. Add the grated coconut,mix well.Add the green gram and cardamom powder.

4. Saute everything for a couple of minutes and then remove from the stove.

5. Make small lemon size balls with the cooked mixture.

6. Make a medium thick batter with Maida with a pinch of salt and water.

7. Heat oil in a wok.Once it starts smoking slightly,dip each of the green gram balls in the batter,coating it uniformly, and then gently transfer into the hot oil and deep fry till crispy texture.