Thaen mittai | Sugar candy-How to make at home-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Tamilnadu, India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 10 to 15 minutes | To Serve: 3 | Type: Tea time sweets

Ingredients

• Idli rice / rice–1 cup
• Urad dal - 1/4 cup
• Orange food colour - a pinch
• Baking soda / Powder -1/2 tsp
• Water as required
• Oil for deep frying

For Sugar syrup

• Sugar -1 cup
• Water - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Preparation Method

• Wash & soak rice & urad for 3 hours.
• Then drain water completely
• Put it in blender/ mixie jar add soaked rice, urad dal coarsely grind with small amount of water.
• Add food colour mix well.
• Heat sugar, & water, let it boil till 1 string consistency.
• Add cardamom powder cut off heat
• Heat oil in a pan, make small balls out of the mixture, drop it in medium hot oil, deep fry till light brown.
• Drain on absorbent paper then put it in sugar syrup & soak it for 5 min.
• Then serve with tea or coffee

How to make Thaen mittai at home -Step by step photos

Take 1 cup rice & 1/4 cup urad dal

Wash and soak it for 3 hours

After 3 hours, drain water

Now its ready to grind

In a mixie jar add saoked rice & urad dal, coarsely grind with small amount of water

Batter ready

Add baking powder

Add food color

Mix well

Drop it in hot oil, deep fry till light brown

Remove it from hot oil

Add sugar, water let it boil till one string consistency

Sugar syrup ready

Add fried balls, soak it for 5 min then let it cool

Then mittai, sugar candy ready

Keep it in airtight container, use within 1 week