Undan Pori/Fried sweetened wheat flour balls

I am back to the blogging world, after the birth of my second baby, my prince Nikhil. It has been a time of happiness and craziness, with very less sleep. Even after two moths, my sleep is not continuous, it is disrupted every 4-5 hours, but better than 1-2 hours. I can't follow the rule that you sleep when your baby is sleeping . I want to sleep, but  my older one is wake during that time. Still we are managing without any family help.

I am grateful to all my friends who filled in to make this blog alive week after week with their wonderful  guest posts, when I was having a toughest time with the newborn. Today my new born is 2 month old, adding a  little relief. One thing I  learned is that with your second child handling is  easier compared to first one, as with our daughter we did not even know how to even hold her.

Okay, coming back to my  recipe, I had made this during my last month of pregnancy. It is a tasty snack.

Undan pori is a good companion for evening tea or coffee. It belongs to the group of snacks that you can get in small restaurants, that we call it “Chayakada” meaning Tea shop in Malayalam language. It is popular in south and central part of Kerala.  I love all the snack goodies from these shops; it is a childhood habit of mine. 

I was thinking of making undan pori for long time since I saw the recipe in Abhi’s blog.  He explained the ingredients and recipe from a cook he got it from. Later I saw this recipe here also. So I decided to try to make them. I tried it with my big baby belly, my hubby always telling me not to try extraordinary stuffs while heavily pregnant, but if you are pregnant and carving for some special food and nobody is there to make it for you what you will do. Go ahead and venture, so I too decided to make them. I cook whenever I get tensed, happy and on all other occasions. 

I made this with only 1 cup of whole wheat and used only ½ cup of jaggery and a small banana ,  few tablespoon of ghee/clarified butter, fried coconut, cardamom and pinch of baking soda, they taste great. But again it is barely sweetened; if you need sweetness   double the jaggery. I think you can make it with granulated sugar as sweetener too, but traditional version is using Jaggery. So I decide to go for it. 

Here goes the recipe, trust me you had it once in your childhood, it will rekindle your memories; if not like my hubby it will give you new taste experience. Try it.

Print recipe from here 
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What you need

Recipe adapted from Abhi’s blog.

 Whole wheat flour/ Atta: 1 cup/170g

Jaggery/ unrefined sugar: ½ cup/ 104 g (double the amount if you need more sweetness)

Chopped coconut: 3 tablespoon (If you don’t like too much you can reduce to 1 tablespoon)

Ghee/Clarified butter: 1 tablespoon

Baking soda: 1/8 teaspoon

Cardamom: 2no

Water: ¼ cup for jaggery melting + ¼ cup +1 tablespoon for making the dough

Small banana: 1 no

Canola oil: 4 cups for frying

How I made

In a small pan hear jaggery with ¼ cup water and melt them. Set aside for 2 minutes and strain the impurities. 

In a small pan heat 1 tablespoon of ghee and add chopped coconut and fry them until they become golden brown in color and set aside. 

In a medium bowl, add whole wheat flour, baking soda, jaggery water, mashed banana, and cardamom powder and make a soft dough  by gradually adding water. Set aside the dough for 15 minutes covered. 

In the mean time heat   oil in deep bottom pan bring it to hot  but not too hot, if too hot then outside of the dough turn brown immediately and inside won’t cook properly. So keep it low medium flame.

Divide the dough into 12 equal balls and gradually drop into hot oil and fry them filliping them few time to get uniform cooking in all sides. It takes about 4 minutes to cook. You can fry about 3 -4 at times. I like 3 no.

Once it cooked on all sides drain them using a slotted spoon and remove the excess oil using a tissue paper.

Enjoy with your favorite tea or coffee. Tea will be deadly combo.

 

Preparation time:  45 minutes

Yield: 12 no

Verdict: Yummy

Will you make it again: Yes I will

Nutrition Facts Serving Size 1 serving (20.7 g) Amount Per Serving Calories 69 Calories from Fat  7 % of Daily Value * Total Fat 0.8 g         1 % Saturated Fat 0.3 g     2% Trans Fat 0.0g Cholesterol 1mg   0 % Sodium 0mg  0% Total Carbohydrates  15.2 g  5% Dietary Fiber  13g    5% Sugars  6.5g Protein  1.7g Vitamin A 0% Calcium 1% * Based on a 2000 calorie diet Linking this Wholesome Desserts-With No Refined Flours nor Refined Sugars hosted by  Sadhana of Sensible Veg originally started by  Raven of : CookEatDelicious.com