Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas)

A crispy delight that is filled with green moong dal with jaggery that can be had with Tea.

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 Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas)
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Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas) is a popular Kerala tea time snack that is usually deep fried and served in most of the tea stalls. The filling is made from green mung bean, jaggery and coconut which is quite filling. As we always try to make every recipe healthy we have used kuzi paniyaram pan to fry these bonda making it very nutritious as mung bean is a rich source of low fat and rich in protein.

Serve the Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas) along with tea or coffee to enjoy your evening snack in a healthy way.

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Cuisine: Kerala Recipes
Course: Snack
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

60 M

Cooks in

30 M

Total in

90 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Green Moong Dal (Whole) , soaked for 2 hours
  • 1/2 cup Jaggery
  • 1 Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
  • 1/2 cup Fresh coconut
  • 1/4 cup Gram flour (besan)
  • For the batter
  • 1/2 cup Rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • Salt , Pinch

How to make Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas)

  1. To begin making the Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe, soak the mung dal and keep it ready. Pressure cook the green mung bean with water for about 4 whistle till it is just cooked. Once the pressure has released naturally, take them out.

  2. Heat a saucepan, add jaggery and little bit of water for the jaggery to melt. Once it is completely melted you can add cardamom pods.

  3. Leave it to boil for 10 minutes and add cooked green mung bean and coconut and mix well. Make sure the mixture becomes dry.

  4. Keep it on a medium heat and allow it to boil so that the water is all evaporated.

  5. Cool it down and mix besan flour into the mixture and combine them together. Take little mixture and shape them into small balls.

  6. In a mixing bowl, add rice flour, turmeric powder and little water to create a smooth slightly thick batter.

  7. Heat a kuzi paniyaram pan with oil, dip the round shaped filling into the rice flour batter and carefully place them in the kuzi paniyaram pan.

  8. After 5 minutes flip it over the other side and cook for few minutes until it is evenly crisped on all sides. 

  9. Serve the Kerala Style Sugiyan Recipe (Sweet Moong Dal Bondas) along with tea or coffee to enjoy your evening snack in a healthy way.