This dainty sweet just melts in your mouth.
Thaen is honey and Mittai is sweet. But these were not made with honey. They are called so because they are as sweet as honey. :tounge:
These are popular in petty shops (Potti kadai) in India. These are finger licking desserts that anyone will love when they have it. My dad never gets me any food items from road side shops. He would have had this many times but he never wants to get these for me 😉 because he believes that these are not healthy for me 😀 . But I had them once 😀 Sadly only once 🙁 . My close friend Jo when she came back from vacation got me these. And I loved it. We finished one packet of these delicious ones in an hour. 😀
When I asked her about what sweets to make 😉 she gave me a list and I picked this from that! 😀 She was as excited as me when I told her that I will make these. :O Surely will make these ones when she visits me!! 😉
- Rice – ½ cup ( I used idli rice)
- Whole Urad dal – 2 tbsp
- Food Colour – 1 tsp, Orange red colour
- Oil – for Deep frying
- Sugar Syrup:
- Sugar – ½ cup
- Water – 2 tbsp
- Cardamom powder – 1tsp
- baking powder - a pinch
- Sugar – 2tsp (to coat)
- Soak rice and whole urad dal in water for three hours.
- Blend them into a smooth paste. Add food color, baking powder to the batter. Mix well and set aside.
- Boil the water in a large bottom pot and add the sugar and cardamom powder to it. Boil them till they reach one thread consistency or thicker consistency. Switch off and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Take some dough in your hands and slowly drop the dough in small batches.
- When it gets fried, remove them and drain them in a kitchen towel. And after a minute add it to the sugar syrup and let them soak. The sugar balls will drink up all the syrup .
- Coat them in sugar crystals
- Store them in an airtight container and enjoy it for a week.
Wow super tempting sweet. Will try
🙂 Sure, Thanks 🙂 Try and let me know how it turns out!
So tempting. ..nice recipe suganya
Thank u so much 🙂 shailaja 🙂
Lovely Suki, this is just so awesome 🙂
🙂 thank u Malar :)! :)these r sweets which are getting extinct and wanted to save them 😉 Thanks to my friend who reminded me that
Reminded me of my childhood days.. Always buy this from petti shop and get good candies(beatings)f rom mum… Love yours..bookmarked it
thank u farin 🙂 I am glad !!!
thank u farin 🙂 I am glad 🙂
Then mittai made at home…wow. amazes me ! Looks absolutely delicious. Bookmarking this !
thank u :)vikis 🙂
Hello Suganya,
This is my husband’s favorite childhood sweet. The recipe looks perfect and the thaen mittais looks absolutely mouth watering. Just a question. Incase I want to make these with rice flour and urad dal flour what would be the right ratio? Will they turn out as the original recipe?
Thank you,
M
Thanks M 🙂 Do let me know how it turns out when u try!
thanks recepie notes.i am gone chilhood days
i love it an uuu drrr
Hi Suki, can we grind urad daal and rice in mill flour together and add water to make it a paste and follow the procedure?
I think it should work. Should try :). Let me know if you tried and if it worked. Thank you.
Suganya
Theni mittai is awesome …back to my old days thanks
Thank you 🙂 saichithra 🙂