🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Munthiri Kothu

Name: Munthiri Kothu
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp Ghee; for deep frying Peanut Oil; 1/4 cup Grated Coconut; 3/4 cup Jaggery; 4, powdered Green Cardamom; 1 cup, roasted and ground Yellow Moong Dal

🇮🇳 Indian

Kerala's grape-cluster sweet — roasted moong and coconut coins bound in jaggery, fried till the crust clicks. Tiny, intense, and nothing like the syrupy sweets it shares a plate with.

Prep 30 min Cook 20 min Serves 8 Medium

Ingredients

Ghee1 tsp
Peanut Oilfor deep frying
Grated Coconut1/4 cup
Jaggery3/4 cup
Green Cardamom4, powdered
Yellow Moong Dal1 cup, roasted and ground

Optional extras

Rice Flour2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Dry-roast moong dal till toasty; cool and coarsely grind.
2
Fry coconut pieces in ghee till golden.
3
Melt jaggery to a thick syrup; mix with dal, coconut and cardamom.
4
Shape into small tight balls.
5
Fry gently in oil till the surface crisps and darkens a shade.

Chef's tip

Pack the balls tightly — loose ones split in the oil and scatter the jaggery.

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