Mugga Muliku /Sukhiyan

Sukhiyan /Sweet moong dal bonda is known as Mugga muliku in Konkani. Sukhiyan is a traditional deep fried tea time snack in Kerala. Mugga muliku /Sukhiyan /Sugian is a sweet snack with crispy outer covering filled with sweet and soft green gram jaggery coconut mixture.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Mugga Muliku / Sukhiyan / Sweet Moong Dal Bonda.

Ingredients:

Green gram.           -1cup
Grated coconut.      -1cup
Jaggery grated.       -1cup
Cardamom powder.-1tsp
Ghee.                      -1tbsp
Maida.                    -2 cup
Rice flour.              -1/2 cup
Turmeric powder.  -1/4 tsp
Salt.                        -to taste
Oil - for deep frying.

Instructions:

1). Dry roast green gram /mugu on low flame for 2 minutes.Wash and cook the roasted green gram in a vessel adding required water and a pinch of salt till cooked. Do not over cook green gram. Keep aside the cooked green gram.

2). In a small cooking vessel add grated jaggery and 3/4 cup of water. Boil till the jaggery dissolves in water. Switch off the flame and filter the jaggery solution to remove the impurities. Keep aside the filtered jaggery solution.

Method:

1). Heat 1tbsp ghee in a wide bottom pan and add the cooked green gram.

2). Add grated coconut into the pan and mix with the cooked green gram.

3). Add filtered jaggery syrup into the pan and mix with the cooked green gram grated coconut mixture. Keep on stirring the mixture on medium flame and cook till the cooked green gram and coconut absorbs the jaggery syrup.

4). When the green gram coconut jaggery mixture becomes thick add cardamom powder and mix well. Switch off the flame and keep aside the green gram mixture to cool. Once cooled make small lemon size balls of green gram mixture. Keep aside the lemon size green gram mixture balls.

5). In a mixing bowl add maida, rice flour, turmeric powder and required salt. Add required quantity of water into the bowl and mix well without lumps and make a semi thick batter consistency.

6). Heat oil in a deep frying pan on high flame. Once the oil is hot lower the flame to medium heat.

7). Dip the green gram mixture ball into the maida rice batter to coat the batter evenly on all its sides. Slowly drop the batter coated balls one by one into hot oil. Deep fry them in batches till light golden brown and crispy on out side.

8). Once the outer side becomes crispy remove the sukhiyan/ mugga muliku from hot oil and transfer to a tissue paper to absorb excess oil.

Sweet Mugga Muliku / Sukhiyan is ready to serve hot with tea.