Sukiyan (or or ) is a

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food made with

pulses Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

jaggery Jaggery is a List of unrefined sweeteners, traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, North America, Central America, Brazil and Africa. It is a concentrated product of Sugarcane juice, cane jui ...

and maida flour. Also called "Suguntalu", it is a popular food item in South Indian cuisines, and it is generally eaten as a breakfast, a side dish, or a snack. The lentils (

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) and jaggery are cooked, ground to form the stuffing, formed into the size of a ping pong ball, to finally deep fry in coconut oil / any other oil. This snack is also often found in small tea shops in the towns and villages of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Preparation

Sukiyan is prepared by cooking

in water and it is drained out. Boiled Jaggery and grated coconut are mixed with the cooked beans. Add cardamom powder, cumin powder and dried ginger powder. Small balls made out of this mixture are kept aside. This is then coated with a combination of maida, rice flour and a pinch of turmeric. Turmeric gives the yellow hue to this snack. The balls are deep fried in oil, preferably coconut oil.

References

Indian cuisine Lentil dishes Kerala cuisine {{India-cuisine-stub