SWEET SOMAS

Sweet somas is a sweet prepared by  indians for diwali every year.Even though there  is no doubt the sweet somas preparation process little bit difficult but it is worth and very delicious sweet.

Ingredients for outer layer:

1.Maida -   one kilo
2.Rawa   -  2 table spoon(soak in the water for 5 minutes)
3.Salt      -  as required
3.Ghee   -  1 table spoon
4.Oil      -  For frying

Ingredients for stuffing:

1.Roasted gram dhal - Half kilo
2.Sugar                     - 3/4 kilo
3.Grated coconut      - 2 coconut full
4.Cardamom             6 nos.

Method:

1.Take maida,soaked rawa,ghee and salt in a bowl.Add water to it knead the maida to a soft dough.The dough should not stick in the hands.keep aside for 1 hour.

2.Grind the roasted gram dhal in the mixer.Then grind the sugar with cardamom.Take the coarse roasted gram dhal,sugar and cardamom in a bowl.

3.Keep a frying pan in the stove in low flame add grated coconut and fry it till it give a fine aroma flavour.Allow the grated coconut to fry till light golden colour so that its give us a good taste.

4.Mix fried coconut,coarse roasted gram dhal,sugar to a bowl this is the stuffing inside maida patty.

5.Then take the dough and make small balls from that.
Take chappathi making plate roll out the dough into big poori .Take a steel tiffin box lid and make it to small pooris.Take one small poori and add the stuffing in the middle.. Apply little water to the corner of the patty and close it to bring a semi circle.press the corner edges and seal it .Then take the somas cutter and trim the edges carefully.While trimming be careful don't leave the stuffing outside.

6.Repeat the same process for rest dough.Keep the remaining scrapes and roll it again.

7.Fry till it golden and crispy after frying drain the somas in drain pan allow it to cool and store the sweet somas in a airtight container to remain crispy.

Enjoy crispy sweet somas.........