Name: Manoharam recipe by Jaya Rajesh at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 4 cups rice flour; 1/2 cup roasted urad dal powder; 6 tbsps roasted fried gram dal powder; Hot water as needed to make soft dough; 1/4 cup butter; 4 cups jaggery; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder; Few pieces of coconut and cashews; 1 tsp ghee/ clarified butter; Oil for deep frying

ABOUT Manoharam RECIPE

Manoharam is a sweet snack prepared in Kerala during special festivities. This is my mom in laws recipe and always a big hit. Hope you all will enjoy it.

Ingredients Serving: 10

4 cups rice flour
1/2 cup roasted urad dal powder
6 tbsps roasted fried gram dal powder
Hot water as needed to make soft dough
1/4 cup butter
4 cups jaggery
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
Few pieces of coconut and cashews
1 tsp ghee/ clarified butter
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

Make a soft dough by adding enough hot water to rice flour, roasted urad dal powder and roasted fried gram powder. After kneading add butter and knead again to form a soft dough.
Now heat oil and using a sev maker machine squeeze the dough in hot oil.
Fry till golden brown.
Now lightly crush them.
Fry coconut and cashews in ghee/ clarified butter.
Now in a thick bottomed pan melt jaggery and powder sugar.
Cook this till it teacher soft ball consistency.
Switches of the gas and add fried coconut, cashews and dry ginger powder.
Now add crushed fried sev.
Mix till it's well coated.
Store in air tight container and serve as and when required.