Manoharam

 

Want to make a new sweet this Diwali, then try out manoharam. This is a kind of sev coated with jaggery. It is comparatively a healthier sweet as it incorporates green gram, rice and jaggery. This is generally prepared during south Indian brahmin weddings.


Ingredients:

Rice flour -2cups
Green gram flour -2cups
Butter -1tsp
Oil for frying
Powered jaggery -1cup
Dry ginger powder -1/4tsp

Note : To make sev you will need a mould which has different perforated sheets at its base to give different designs to the sev. Manoharam sev is prepared using a sheet that has several smooth holes (not the thorny one).

Method:

Dry roast both the flours separately. Combine together and sieve it. Mix the flour with the butter. Then add warm water little by little to make a stiff batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Place a ball of batter into the mould and press it out into the oil. Fry the sev till it is crispy. Remove and keep it aside.
Then heat the jaggery with few teaspoons of water in another pan. Boil and thicken it to one string consistency. Remove from heat and mix the sev. Stir thoroughly till the entire sev is coated with the jaggery syrup.