Friday, November 10, 2017

Karjigai ,, not sweet somas

 MIL   asked  to prepare  Karjigai    but when I told her the method,she told  a different method that she prepared for grand father(my husband's grand father) , but after my marriage she didnt prepare this at all, so this is very new to me, I browsed and searched, I couldnt find this recipe .And  this is  the karjigai preparation method and the recipe available in websites  are sweet somas , she told.
Ingredients:
 Raw rice flour - 2 cups
 dry roasted urad dal  powder -1/4 cup
 Butter  --  4 to 5 tsp (for crispness of outer  we can use generous amount of butter)
 salt - 1 pinch
 Thil, (ellu)  -  1 laddle (dry roast and powder it)
 Grated coconut -  3 cups,
 Jaggery powder -  to taste (2cups nearly)
Elaichi powder - 1 pinch 
 Boiled water -  to knead the dough.

 For outer covering :
Rice flour , dry roasted urad dal powder measurement ( 8:1), pinch of salt , generous amount of butter, mix together and add boiled water little by little and make a soft dough .
For stuffing : dry roast black thil ( black ellu --- 1 laddle ) well and powder it.
 In a kadai add grated coconut , jaggery , elaichi powder and make poornam , lastly add the ellu powder mix thoroughly remove from fire and cool it. Now make soppu and fill the poornam ,stuff it make like a karjigai shape and deep fry in oil . Now karjigai ready .Kara kara  karjigai ready .

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