Sukiyan facts for kids

Sukiyan (or sukhiyan or sugiyan) is a fritter food made with pulses, jaggery and maida flour. Also called "Suguntalu", it is a popular food item in South Indian cuisines, and it is generally eaten as a breakfast, a side dish, or a snack. The lentils and jaggery are cooked, ground to form the stuffing, formed into the size of a ping pong ball, to deep fry in coconut oil / any other oil. This snack is also often found in small tea shops in the towns and vilkages of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Preparation

Sukiyan is prepared by cooking green gram in enough water. Water is drained out. Boiled Jaggery is mixed with grated coconut and this green gram. To this mixture cardamom powder, cumin powder and dried ginger powder. Small balls are made out of this mixture and kept aside. This is further covered with a mixture of maida, rice flour and a pinch of turmeric. Turmeric gives the yellow hue to this snack. It is then deep fried, preferably in coconut oil or any other vegetable oil.