Chettinad Innipu Cheeyam / Sweet Seeyam Recipe

Chettinad Sweet Seeyam

Ingredients

Seeyam batter – 2 cups ----------click here for recipe

Moong dal – 100 gms

Grated coconut – 1 cup

Jaggery – 500 gms

Cardamom powder  – ½ tsp

Ghee – 2 tbsp

Cashewnuts broken – few

Innipu Cheeyam

Method

1. Pressure cook moong dal until soft and mash.

2. Boil jaggery in water until single string consistency on a non stick sauce pan, add grated coconut, powdered cardamom, broken cashew nuts, mashed moong dal and ghee, stir fry until dry and set aside the filling to cool.

3. Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai to deep fry.

4. Shape the moong dal filling into gooseberry size balls, dip in the prepared seeyam batter until well coated. 5. Deep fry the seeyam balls in hot oil until golden brown.

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