Tambittu

Name: Tambittu
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup (heaped) Kadalebele/bengal gram lentil; 1/3 cup (heaped) Green gram lentil/hesarubele; 1/4 cup Whole wheat/godhi; 1/2-3/4 cup Grated dry coconut; 2 tbsp White sesame seeds; 1&1/4 cup Jaggery; 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder; Water to make jaggery syrup

Divya Suresh @cook_8942971

Every year this tambittu is specially made on the day of nagara panchami, in our native (shikaripura, Karnataka), along with bisi tambittu..ie rice flour tambittu & chigali (black sesame seeds laddu). Bengal gram lentil/kadalebele/chana dal is used mainly in this recipe, along with small quantity of green gram lentil and whole wheat. Jaggery is used to obtain the sweetness and white sesame seeds and dry coconut are used as well. It is made and offered to God first, and then we distribute among family and friends. Feeling very glad to share this authentic, age old recipe from my native place.

Divya Suresh @cook_8942971

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Ingredients

1 cup (heaped)Kadalebele/bengal gram lentil
1/3 cup (heaped)Green gram lentil/hesarubele
1/4 cupWhole wheat/godhi
1/2-3/4 cupGrated dry coconut
2 tbspWhite sesame seeds
1&1/4 cupJaggery
1/4 tspCardamom powder
Water to make jaggery syrup

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Steps

1

Dry roast kadalebele, hesarubele, godhi and white sesame seeds separately on medium flame till light brown, without burning
2

Allow it to cool for a while and then grind into smooth powder (don’t grind sesame seeds)
3

Meanwhile make jaggery syrup (one string consistency)
4

Add grated dry coconut, roasted sesame seeds and cardamom powder to the ground lentil wheat powder and combine everything well
5

Pour the prepared jaggery syrup, little at once and mix everything to make a stiff dough
6

Pinch small portions and make tambittu like shown in the above picture