Susheeyam

As you wonder, Its one of the traditional indian sweet and also our favourite mom's receipe.. Make sure not to say 'No' whenever it is offered to you as it tastes great. We promised to prepare these sweets for a friend and missed for a couple of times because of non sleep daughter and non stop toddler ...and finally , made it on the third trial and here it goes

Ingredients

No of laddus - 7-8

1. Fresh Idly/Dosa batter - No fermented. Instead of leaving the flour in the warmer place for ferementation, keep it inside the fridge - 2 cups
2. Jaggery - 1 cup
3. channa dal - 1 cup
4. Cardamom powder - 2 tbsp
5. Sesame seeds - t tsp
6. Coconut - 1/4 cup
7. All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
8. Baking soda - a pinch

Method

1. Boil channa dal in a cooker open for 12 mts(remove it before the dal breaks down or become so soft
2. Scrape jaggery and set it aside
3. Grind the channa dal for a minute(not too soft or hard)
4. Grind the scraped jagger seperately in a mixer
5. Roast the sesame seeds for a minute in pan (till it changes color)
6. Mix the grinded dal, jaggery, coconut, roasted sesame seeds and cardamom powder
7. Add all purpose flour and baking soda to the dosa flour and mix it well.
8. Make small balls of the mixture and soak it in non fermented dosa batter
9. Heat oil in a pan and fry the soaked balls in a simmer until the outer layer turns brown

Yummy susheeyam is ready for a good evening snack...its also called a festival sweet as we make these sweets during festival season like diwali, pongal etc...