The Paleo Recipe Book

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Indian Sweets Recipes - Ooniappam (Jaggery Banana Balls)

Serves : 6

Ingredients :

1 cup (115 g) 3 3/4 oz Rice flour, sifted
1/2 cup (50 g) 1 3/4 oz Coconut (nariyal), grated
1/2 cup Bananas, ripe, mashed, smoothened
1/2 cup (100 g) 3 1/2 oz Jaggery (gur)
1 1/2 tbsp (30 g) 1 oz Sugar
a pinch Soda bi carbonate

Method :

1. Mix the rice flour with coconut.

2. Melt the jaggery in a pan and boil it to a one-thread consistency. Remove the pan from the heat.

3. Mix all the remaining ingredients with the jaggery. Add the jaggery mixture to the rice flour mixture and make a smooth batter.

4. Heat the oil in a wok (kadhai); pour a spoonful of the batter and deep-fry till brown. Remove and repeat till all the batter has been used.

5. Keep dipping the spoon into water so that the batter falls off easily.

Note: The bananas used in this recipe are the plump yellow variety called palayankodan—alternatively any other variety can also be used.