Foxtail Millet Friedgram Balls

#ThinaiPottukadalaiUrundai #FoxtailmilletFriedgramBalls : We have already learned to prepare sweet balls with #foxtailmillet flour and raisins. Yesterday I tried a new sweet using #thinai 
( foxtail millet ) flour, fried gram, sesame with jaggery. It came out nice and the taste was superb.
Let me explain how to prepare these sweet balls from thinai flour.

Ingredients :
1/2 Cup                                         : Thinai Flour
1/2 Cup                                         : Fried gram ( pottukadalai )
1/2 Cup                                         : Sesame ( till )
1/2 Cup ( adjust )                           : Jaggery
2                                                    : Cardamom
4                                                    : Clove
3 Tsp                                             : Honey
7                                                    : Cashew nuts
4                                                    : Almonds
5                                                    : Dry Fig
3 Tsp                                             : Ghee

Method :
Keep a heavy bottomed vessel on slow fire.
Dry roast fried gram, sesame, cashew nuts and almonds one by one separately and keep aside.

Grind fried gram, sesame, cardamom and cloves into nice powder.
Coarsely grind cashews and almonds.
Then add ghee in the same vessel and roast thinai flour till its aroma comes out.
Now add the ground powders, pounded jaggery into the kadai/vessel having roasted thinai flour.
Mix well.

Then add honey, mix well and make balls.
If the balls tend to break, add one more teaspoon of honey.


Now Enjoy!! yummy thinai pottukadalai urundai.
These sweet balls can be stored in an air tight container for two to three days.




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Thinai Urundai

#ThinaiUrundai : #Thinai maavu ( Fox tail millet flour ) and jaggery or #thinaimaavu and honey is the prasadam offered at Murugan temples of Tamil Nadu, India. This shows the importance given to this millet since olden days.
I used to make Thinai maavu dosai regularly. I wanted to try some other recipes with this flour. So this time when I made ghee from butter I decided to prepare thinai maavu urundai.

Ingredients :
Thinai maavu ( fox tail millet flour )                       : 1 Cup
Kismis                                                                : 1 Tsp
Cashew nuts                                                        : 5
Fig                                                                       : 3
Honey                                                                  : 1 1/2 Tbsp
Jaggery                                                                : 1/2 Cup ( Adjust )
Ghee                                                                    : 3 Tsp

Method :
Keep a heavy bottomed kadai on stove over slow flame.
Roast cashew pieces in a tsp of ghee till golden color and keep aside.
Now add 2 more Tsp of ghee and roast thinai maavu till nice aroma comes out.
Take off from stove.
Chop kismis and fig into small pieces.
Add to the flour.
Now add jaggery and cardamom powder and mix well with hand.
Add honey to the mix and try to make balls with hand.
If needed add some more honey to make perfect balls.

Now tasty tasty yummy thinai urundai is ready.



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