Ingredients

 

 

then nila /then unda

Idly rice -1/2cup

Urad Dal/Uzhunnu -1 1/2tbsp

Salt-2 pinch

Baking Powder-2 pinch

Sugar-1cup

Water-1/2 cup

Oil -for frying

Sugar to coat-1/2 cup

Red food colour -two pinch

 

 

Then Mittai/Thean Nilavu

Method

 

Soak idly rice and urad dal together for 3 hours ..Wash well and grind by adding little water to dosa batter consistency ..
To that add salt ,colour and baking powder mix well ..

For preparing sugar syrup ,add 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water and boil well ..Keep aside
(Maintain the hot temperature of the syrup for soaking the dumplings,if the sugar syrup is cold ,the candies won’t soak )

 

Then Unda /Thean Nilavu

Heat oil in a kadai

Pour 3/4 th tsp of batter into oil

Fry the dumplings and when cooked drain and put into the sugar syrup and allow to soak for 10 to 15 minutes
When done remove from the sugar syrup ..
Take sugar in a plate and roll each thean mittayi in the sugar ..
U can serve it as hot or keep in a tight container and enjoy Thean mittayi 🙂

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Then Mittai

 

 

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Veena

 

One response to “Then Mittai/Then Nilavu /Then Unda /തേൻ നിലാവ് -Kerala Nostalgic Delicacy”

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