Name: Thean mittai/honey candy(grandma's recipie) recipe by Nisha Nisha at BetterButter
Prep time: 190 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 210 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Rice -1 cup; Urad dal-1/4cup; Salt-to taste; Baking powder-1/4ts p; Orange red color-as required; For sugar syurp; Sugar-2cup; Water-1/2cup

ABOUT Thean mittai/honey candy(grandma's recipie) RECIPE

It is a nostalgic sweet recipie which is very famous all over tamil nadu which is sold in petty shops..i love this when i was young and would buy it every now and then..even now i carve for this yummy and delicious thean mittai

Ingredients Serving: 4

rice -1 cup
Urad dal-1/4cup
Salt-to taste
Baking powder-1/4ts p
Orange red color-as required
For sugar syurp
Sugar-2cup
Water-1/2cup

Instructions

SOAK URAD DAL AND RICE FOR 3 HOURS.ADD LESS WATER AND GRIND IT IN TO THICK BATTER.ADD REQUIRED SALT AND BAKING POWDER
ADD REQUIRED ORANGE RED FOOD COLOUR TO BATTER AND MIX WELL
DIP HANDS IN WATER AND POUR LITTLE BATTER OVER HOT OIL
FRY IT IN OIL TILL CRISP
IN A PAN ADD SUGAR AND WATER FOR SUGAR SYRUP
BOIL IT WELL TILL IT FORMS THE CONSISTENCY RIGHT BEFORE 2 STRING CONSISTENCY
AFTER 4 MINS REMOVE FROM SUGAR SYRUP AND DIP IN GRANULATED SUGAR