These crispy balls although a bit time consuming are worth trying out because they are sweet ,crispy and worth drooling.This blogpost of mine goes to the ICC.
1 cup Moong dal
2 cups of raw rice
salt to taste
2tbsp ghee
oil for deep frying
1cup jaggery powdered
- Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes.Drain and let the rice dry for 30-40 minutes.Powder the rice finely.
- Slightly heat and powder the moong dal into a fine powder.
- Measure 2 cups of rice flour with 1 cup of moong dal flour and mix in a bowl.Rub in the ghee so that it gets incorporated well.Add water and knead the flours to make a smooth dough.
- Heat oil in a kadai.
- Fill the idiyappam presser or potato ricer to press out the dough into the oil.In the idiyappam presser you can use the disc with 3 holes.
- Fry out the murukku and place them on absorbent tissues to soak out the excess oil.
- When cooled,break the murukkus into tiny bits.
- In a pan pour some water and add the powdered jaggery.Bring it to boil so that the jaggery has been dissolved.Pass the jaggery syrup through a strainer to seperate the scum.
- Bring this syrup again to boil till the syrurp thickens.Drop a few drops of the syrup into a cup of water and if the syrup can be easily rolled in to a ball,the consistency is correct.
- Remove syrup from fire and add the bits of murukku briskly stirring to coat the jaggery evenly on the murukku bits,
- When the heat is manageable grease your palms and roll the mix into small balls.
Manoharam is ready to be served!
Nimi Surendran Kolatte (formerly published as Nimi Sunil Kumar) is an award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and culinary demonstrator based in Kerala, India. Her work focuses on documenting traditional Indian foodways, with a special emphasis on Kerala cuisine, through books, research, cooking classes, and global culinary demonstrations.
jaggery balls looks yummy n cute ..
WIll try out and let you know the results.. The only I hate to do is to make the balls.. Whenever I do it, I end up in burning myself!!! 🙁
Wow they looks so crispy and shiny.. perfect snack 🙂
those jaggery balls looks so delicious ..yummy
Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com
looks greatt..
looks yummy
Hi Nimi,
My first time here…The manoharam balls look so tempting…
Dr.Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
http://www.lovelypriyanka.blogspot.com
haven't heard of this before, looks perfect for kids
I luv manoharam…but havent tried it myself…urs look so perfect