Tea time snacks
On returning
home one evening I saw my co-sister getting together ingredients to prepare
sweet dumplings . The children were hungry and clamouring for a teatime snack .
She quickly made some sweet dumplings to satiate the hungry appetites . Biting
in to one along with my steaming hot cup of tea I discovered very healthy and
flavorsome snack. I discovered that this was prepared by mixing all required
ingredients such as a small measure
wheat flour with jaggery , mashed bananas, ghee and water . To add to the flavour jeera, cardamom powder were also added to the
mixture. The whole thing was set aside for 4 – 5 hours and allowed to ferment. The
sticky dough is formed into dumplings
and put into hot oil and fried till crisp brown in colour. I was thoroughly
intrigued as I had tasted something similar at a Keralite friends . On doing a quick
research I found that this popular sweet is made across India, albeit under
different names, it is known as appam
down south , Gulgule in north , and also prepared in my native place which is
small fishing village by the name Satpathi on the western coast of Maharashtra.
Ingredients:
3 cups wheat flour
170 gms jaggery
1 tsp. roasted n crushed jeera
1 tsp. ghee
1 riped banana
2 cups water
a pinch salt
Method:
- Mix whole-wheat flour, jaggery,ghee and rest all ingredients, add water slowly as needed to make the thick consistency batter.
2. Slowly drop 1 teaspoon of batter at a time in to the oil. Don’t over crowd the frying pan.
3. Fry the Gulgules golden brown all sides, turning them occasionally. It will take 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Remove the gulgulas and place over a paper towel so the excess oil is absorbed.
Tips
If oil is not hot enough gulgulas will stick to the bottom of the frying pan.
