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Kadabu

Kadabu is a festive sweet from Karnataka. Lentil is cooked and mixed with jaggery. It is then filled and fried in crescent-shaped, called as kadabu.

Ingredients

  • For the covering :
  • wheat flour 1 1/2 cup
  • rice flour 2 tsp
  • ghee 1/2 tsp
  • water
  • Other ingredients :
  • oil for frying
  • flour for dusting

Instructions

  • Cook split pigeon pea with a little ghee and water in a pressure cooker. Once it iscooked, let the pressure release by itself. Drain the water, from the lentil. Now, you can either cook it directly in a thick bottom pan or smudge it well along with jaggery. I have a handy equipment and I use it.
  • Put the lentil and jaggery together and cook for sometime. When I pass the lentil, I get a thin, smooth consistency of it and I it is boiled. Put desiccated coconut, dry fruits and cardamom powder to it. Once the consistency is moderate, turn off the stove.
  • In the meantime, prepare the dough. It should be firm, cover it with a muslin cloth and keep it aside for sometime. 
  • Make balls of the stuffing and keep it aside.Take a small piece of the dough, roll it into a circle. Take the stuffing and elongate it between palms. Keep it on one side and slowly cover the other end and seal it. The edges can be trimmed with a curvy knife. I have a mould and I use it. The picture of the mould is given. Heat oil in a pan.Once the oil is warm, slowly immerse two stuffed kadabu into it. Deep fry on both the sides on a moderate heat. Once the brown spots are visible, remove them on a plate with tissue paper. Repeat for the rest of the dough.