Recipe For Thaen Mittai
Ingredients
Ingredients
Rice – 1 cup ( Raw rice or Idli rice)
Urad dal – 1/4 cup
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Orange Red Food Colour - 1/4 tsp (or as needed)
Sugar - 1.5 cups
Water - 3/4 cup
Lemon juice - 1/4 tsp
Oil - for deep frying
Sugar - about 1/4 cup (for rolling) Method
Take the rice and urad dal in a bowl, wash it and soak it with enough water for 3-4 hours.
Once it is well soaked, drain the excess water and grind it to a paste. It has to be a thick paste so add as little water as possible. It is ok if the batter is not super smooth.
Remove the batter in a bowl. Add the orange food color and baking soda into it.
Before making the balls, first make the Sugar Syrup. Take sugar and water in a sauce pan and bring to boil. Simmer for 5 mins till it becomes thick and syrupy. Switch off and add the lemon juice to the syrup so that sugar doesn't get crystallized.
In another stove, heat some oil for deep frying.
Take tiny portions of the batter and drop into the hot oil. Within few seconds, the tiny dough balls will rise to the top. Fry for 3-4 minutes till the balls become crispy.
Remove the fried balls using a slotted spoon and add it immediately into the sugar syrup. Let it soak for 5-10 minutes.
After the balls soaks up the syrup, remove them using a spoon. The balls are ready to eat.
To make it extra special, take some sugar in a plate. Roll each ball in the sugar and store it. It stays good in room temperature for 3-4 daysTO SEE VIDEO RECIPE CLICK HERE
Detailed Steps to make Thaen Mittai
Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash it. Idli rice or raw rice can be used for this.Add water to cover it completely. Let it soak it for 3-4 hours.
When you are ready to make, drain the excess water and take it in a mixie jar.
Grind it to a paste with as little water as possible.
Take the batter in a bowl, mix orange food color and baking soda with it.
Now let's make the sugar syrup. Take sugar and water in a sauce pan and bring to boil. Simmer for 5 mins till it becomes thick and syrupy. Switch off and add the lemon juice to the syrup so that sugar doesn't get crystallized.
Heat some oil for deep frying. Take tiny portions of the batter using a small spoon or fingers and drop into the hot.
The dough balls will immediately rise to the top.
Fry for 3-4 minutes till the balls become crispy.
Remove the fried balls using a slotted spoon, drain excess oil and add it immediately into the sugar syrup. Let it soak for 5-10 minutes.
Carefully remove the soaked balls which are now ready to eat.
To make it look special, take some sugar in a plate. Roll each ball in the sugar crystals and serve.
Juicy sugar balls are ready to enjoy.
