Suzhiyam / Seeyam

Seeyam / suzhiyam is one of diwali special recipe that we make every year. When i made puran poli, I reserved pooranams for making the suzhiyam and is a delicious, deep fry snacks stuffed with channa dal pooran. This is my sister favourite items, she told my mom to make it often at home when she was in holidays . It is very easy to make and we usually make suzhiyam specially on diwali day and ganesh chaturthi. We make suzhiyam easy if the pooranam is ready.

In this suzhiyam the whole channa dal and jaggery is for filling and using maida as an outer cover. It was in my list for longtime and finally got change to try them, It came out perfectly. My amma makes it so perfectly and also she used to make perfect suzhiyam while making it...

So I hope you make this yummy sweetest recipe at your home and let me tell how it turn out....

Prepration time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 25 mins

Serve : 5

Recipe source - My Mom.. 

Item : sweet 

INGREDIENTS : 

FOR POORANAM :

Channa dal - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Seasame - 4 tbsp

Water - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

FOR OUTER WRAP :

All purpose flour / maida - 1 cup

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Water - as needed

Oil - for frying

METHOD :

• Pressure cooker channa dal upto 3 whistle, cool down and grind in blender or mash it well. keep aside.
• Take jaggery in a heavy bottom pan. Then pour water just immerse jaggery.
• Heat it and when jaggery dissolved completely add in cardomom powder, filter it in a metal strainer to remove impurities.
• Take powdered channa dal and roasted seasame seeds in a pan, 
• And then add in jaggery syrup and mix well, And make it into small balls.
• Now the pooranam is ready to make suzhiyam.

FOR OUTER WRAP :

• Mix maida with water and salt to idly / dosa batter constistency..
• Make balls of jaggery stuffing.
• Dip these balls one by one in the batter and immediately drop in hot oil.
• Fry for a minute, remove from oil and drain excess oil in paper towel and enjoy eating...

PICTORIAL :

Take channa dal in a pressure cooker

Add water on it

Whistled it for 3

It done

strain it

Add to your blender and grain it

Mash it into coarse form

 Take jaggery in thick bottom pan

 Add some water

 Allow to dissolve

Add in cordamom powder and mix well

In a mixing pan add dal and seasame seeds

Add in strained jaggery syrup

Mix well

Make it into small balls

Now make wrap for that add maida in a bowl

Alittle bit of salt

Some water 

Make it to idly dosa consistency

Dip the balls in the batter

Now it's fully coated with batter

Add to the fry pan with hot oil

Fry for a min

Remove from the oil and drain excess oil

 Now its done

Serve..

Enjoy..