Munthiri Kothu Recipe | Mundhiri Kothu | Healthy Diwali Sweets | Green gram Laddu

Munthiri Kothu is a healthy diwali snack which is popular among some parts of tirunelveli and nagercoil. This traditional sweet is less popular among other parts of tamilnadu. It is very healthy because it is made using green gram and jaggery syrup. It is crispy outside and soft inside. My amma usually makes this for diwali. As it is very healthier one, you can even pack for kids snacks box.

Try this healthy recipe and give this to your kids. Post your feedback on the comment box.

Munthiri Kothu

Recipe Cuisine: Tirunelveli | Recipe Category: Sweets

Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 20 mins | Makes: 15 approx

Ingredients:

Green gram - 1 cup

Jaggery - 3/4 cup

Chukku powder - 1 tsp

Cardamom - 5

Maida - 1/4 cup
Salt - a pinch

Turmeric - a pinch

Method:

Dry roast the green gram till it browns a little on a low to medium flame. Take the roasted green gram in a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder.

In a sauce pan take jaggery, add water till it immerses and bring it to boil. Once the jaggery dissolve in water switch off the flame.

In a mixing bowl, take the coarsely ground green gram powder, add in crushed cardamom, chukku powder and mix it well.

To this, pour the jaggery syrup little by little and mix well. Make equal sized ball from this mixture.

In a small bowl, take maida, turmeric, salt and little water to make a thick batter like consistency.

Heat oil in a frying pan. Once the oil becomes hot, dip the balls in maida and gently place it in the hot oil.

When it begins to change colour, remove from pan with the help of slotted ladle to drain.

Note:

• You can add roasted coconut but i avoided since its self life will be less.
• Store it for up to 2 weeks.

Pictorial:

Dry roast green gram till it begins to brown on a low to medium flame

In a sauce pan, take the jaggery, pour water till it jaggery immerses and bring it to boil. Once jaggery is dissolved, switch off the flame

Take green gram in a mixer

Grind it to a coarse powder

Add dry ginger powder(sukku)

Add some crushed cardamom

Pour jaggery little by little

Mix well

Add jaggery syrup till a desired consitency is reached

Make equal sized ball out of the green gram

In a small mixing bowl, take maida

Add a pinch of salt,turmeric and make a thick batter

Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Once oil becomes hot, dip the green gram balls in the maida batter and gently place it on the hot oil

Once the outer part is cooked and browned, remove them with a slotted laddle to drain

It is ready to serve. You can make them in batches and store it for 2 weeks.

Enjoy!