Somasu
January 09, 2011
Somas
It is a type of Indian Sweet. Made for functions like Diwali, karthigai.
Cuisine : Indian
Preparation time : 30 mins
Cooking time : 10 mins
Course : Sweet
Main Ingredients : Maida, coconut and porikadalai/Pottukadalai
Ingredients :
Maida - 3 cups
Water to knead the dough - 1/2 cup
Oil for frying
Porikadalai - 1 cup
Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom crushed - 1 tsp
Cashew nut ground - 2 tbsp
Preparation :
- Make a dough using maida and ghee with little water. Not too soft or too hard, you can add little salt(optional)
- For filling, heat a pan, add ghee. roast grated coconut for a while. Then powder porikadalai and sugar. Mix everthing - Porikadalai powder, sugar, cardamom, cashews. Filling ready.
- With dough, you can divide into small ball. Using rolling pin, make a round chapathi, keep the filling in center and close it.
- Wet the edges with water and just press with a fork. So that the filling will stay inside.
- In another pan, heat the oil and fry those somas.
Serve it hot or little later.
Serving per recipe : 10
Calories per recipe : 300
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