Name: THAEN MITTAI / SUGAR CANDY recipe by Suganya Hariharan at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Rice 1/2 cup ( I used idli rice); Whole Urad dal 2 tbsp; Food Colour 1 tsp, Orange red colour; Oil for Deep frying; Sugar Syrup: Sugar 1/2 cup; Water 2 tbsp; Cardamom powder 1tsp; baking powder - a pinch; Sugar 2tsp (to coat)

Ingredients Serving: 8

Rice 1/2 cup ( I used idli rice)
Whole Urad dal 2 tbsp
Food Colour 1 tsp, Orange red colour
Oil for Deep frying
Sugar Syrup: Sugar 1/2 cup
Water 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder 1tsp
baking powder - a pinch
Sugar 2tsp (to coat)

Instructions

Soak rice and whole urad dal in water for three hours. Blend them into a smooth paste. Add food color, baking powder to the batter. Mix well and set aside.
Boil the water in a large bottom pot and add the sugar and cardamom powder to it. Boil them till they reach one thread consistency or thicker consistency. Switch off and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Take some dough in your hands and slowly drop the dough in small batches
When it gets fried, remove them and drain them in a kitchen towel. And after a minute add it to the sugar syrup and let them soak. The sugar balls will drink up all the syrup .
Coat them in sugar crystals Store them in an airtight container and enjoy it for a week.

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