Muskmelon Kinnathapam

Muskmelon kinnathapam is a sweet snack made with muskmelon, wheat flour, jaggery and desiccated coconut.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Muskmelon Kinnathapam

Ingredients:-

Muskmelon.             - 1/2 cup chopped
Jaggery.                    - 1/2 cup grated
Wheat flour.              -1/2 cup
Desiccated coconut. - 1/4 cup
Cashews.                  - 5 chopped
Salt.                          - a pinch
Ghee.                        - 1and 1/2 tsp

Instructions:-

1). Remove the outer skin and chop muskmelon into small pieces and keep aside.

2). Chop cashews into small pieces and keep aside.

3). Melt jaggery in a small vessel adding 1/4 cup of water and keep aside the melted jaggery.

4). Grease a pan with little ghee and keep aside.

Method:-

1). In a mixing bowl add wheat flour and a pinch of salt. Add melted jaggery and mix with the wheat flour without lumps.

2). Heat ghee in a pan and fry cashews. Add chopped muskmelon into the pan and saute well till it is cooked.Add desiccated coconut into the pan and saute well for a minute and switch off the flame.

3). Pour the cashew muskmelon coconut mixture into the mixing bowl and mix with the wheat flour jaggery mixture.Add required water into the bowl and mix all the ingredients together and make a thick batter.

4). Pour the thick muskmelon batter in a greased pan. Put the pan in a steamer and steam cook the batter for 15 minutes.Once done switch off the flame and remove the pan from steamer and allow the appam to cool.

5). Transfer the muskmelon appam to a serving pate.

 6). Cut the muskmelon kinnathapam into desired pieces.

Sweet Muskmelon Kinnathapam is ready to serve.