Recipe can be found @ Zesty South Indian Kitchen
What you need
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 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.