Easy Unniyappam

Ingredients:

1 cup semolina

2 ripe small bananas

3-4 cardamoms

1 cup plain flour

1 cup jaggery syrup (melt jaggery adding little water)

a pinch of salt

3 tbsp coconut bits, or as required

1 tsp black sesame seeds

1 tbsp ghee

oil for frying

Preparation:

1. In a blender, add semolina, small bananas and cardamoms and blend well using 1 cup of water.
2. Transfer to a bowl and add plain flour, jaggery syrup and a pinch of salt and mix well.
3. Heat ghee in a small frying pan and fry sliced coconut till light brown.
4. Add fried coconut pieces and black sesame seeds to the batter and mix well.
5. Close the batter with a lid and let it sit for 2 hours.
6. Heat oil in an unniyappam pan at medium flame.
7. When oil becomes hot, pour a spoonful of batter into each hole and cook on low-medium flame till the sides gets cooked.
8. Then turn it using a skewer or spoon gently and cook the other side until it turns golden brown colour and cooked.
9. Remove from the pan and drain them on a paper towel…Serve as a snack..

Recipe Source: macaron_gal (Instagram)