Garg Obbatt

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Diwali / Deepavali (Festival of Lights) is a very fun filled popular festival all over India. Hope that everyone (those who celebrate) celebrated Diwali in a grand way.

Past 3 days i have making different sweets. Today i have made a special sweet which is a very typical and special Iyengar dish. This is called “Garg Obbatt” in tamil.
There are various ways of making obbattu with different ingredients. “Obbattu” is a very poplular and mostly made during marriages & other special occasions.

Of course, the source for this recipe is from my mother.




Ingredients - To Dough

• 1 Cup Maida flour
• 1/2 Cup Semolina (Sooji Rava / Chiroti Rava)
• 1 tsp Oil
• Water to knead a dough

Method

• Mix all the ingredients and knead a dough keep aside for 1 hr.

Ingredients - Sweet filling / Hoorna / Purnu

• 1 Cup Bengal gram (Chana dal / Kadale bele / Kadal Purppu)
• 1 Cup Jaggery (Bella / Gur / Vellu )
• 1 Cup Coconut (grated)
• 1 tsp Raw Rice
• 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 1 tsp Water

Method

• Roast the bengal gram and make a fine powder using blender & keep aside
• Take a large heavy bottom wok.
• Add jaggery + water mix well till forms to frother
• Add coconut and stir constantly till semi thick
• Add bengal gram powder stir then add cardamom powder again stir well
• Add rice, stir constantly for 10 minutes till thick on low flame then switch off the flame. Cool it

Method for Obbatt

• Take a dough & make a small balls
• Roll them like size of puri using rolling pin
• Fill the sweet inside and cover the edges of dough and roll them with the help of maida.
• Heat pan and put obbatt and fry on both the sides till done. ( Do not add oil / ghee).

Tip : To get good crispy taste you have to use chiroti rava. since that is not available here in grocery stores i have an idea for you just fry the regular semolina / rava and grind it for a while till u get nice powder then add it to the dough and continue the process