Manoharam




Ingredients (Translation)

2 cups rice flour
1/2 cup blackgram dal flour
1 ladle greengram dal flour
Pinch of salt
Oil to fry
1 cup grated jaggery
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Make a soft dough of the flours and salt with water. Divide into four pieces and one by one put them in the pressing machine used for making idiappam, but with bigger holes. Press directly on hot oil and cook till the hissing sound stops. Ensure that both sides are cooked. Drain the excess oil on a tissue paper. Repeat for all the rest of the dough. Break them into smaller pieces.

Heat the jaggery with little water. To check the required consistency, drop a bit of jaggery syrup in plain water in a cup and try to form a soft ball of it. If you can do that, the consistency is perfect. Immediately add the cardamom powder and the fried item and mix well.

Grease hands with little ghee and rice flour. Make balls of the mixture while hot.

P.S : Make the dough in smaller quantities as after some time, it will turn brown when fried.

This is a very famous sweet of Tamilnadu and prepared mostly in marriages. However, nothing can beat the taste of manoharam prasadam prepared in the Melkote Temple of Karnataka that is close to Bangalore where this is the specialty.



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18 comments:

Sia said...

wonderful wonderful recipe EC. i have had this long back at one of my friend's home and i still remember the delicious taste.

Seena said...

manoharam manoharam!!

FH said...

I have never tasted this EC, name itself is so glamorous!:)

Laavanya said...

My husband loves manoharam... have never made it before.. looks great!

Finla said...

Should i say beautiful beautiful :-))))

Dhivya said...

wonderful!!!!!new to me...but the idea sounds great....bet it tastes good...must try

Ramya's Mane Adige said...

oh wow!!!this is gr8! I have never had this but I can imagine the jaggery flavor with the fried beauties!!

Anonymous said...

One of my fav, but never tried it in home. Great recipe.

AnuSriram said...

Lovely recipe... I like them very much... will try this...

Kalai said...

I've never tasted this, but it looks and sounds phenomenal! :)

Cham said...

I heard this sweet many times . but now i am seeing , it is pretty :)

Sagari said...

never seen this recipe looks soo yummy

Pravs said...

Have not had this sweet, but the pic tells me its a yummy one. Very nicely done.

Raks said...

I knew this one through my mother but never tried b4...Should taste great!

Anonymous said...

Simply mouth-watering....reading the ingredients of the recipe only, I can feel how tasty it is going to be...looks yummy!

Archana Doshi said...

I love this. Always used to grab a big piece in that wedding bakshanam/goodies.

Meera said...

Such a beautiful name for a beautiful sweet!! Didn't know about it. Thanks for sharing.

EC said...

@ Sia, Dhivya, Ramya, Kalai, Cham, Sagari, Pravs, Archana, Meera ...Thanks. Ya, though it involves a bit time, it has an unforgettable taste

@ Seena, Asha,Happy Cook ..thanks

@ Laavanya, Shriya, Anu Sriram,Paks Kitchen, flying stars, ...thanks, do try it out

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