Sri Lankan Oil Cakes (Konda Kavum)
(Makes 25 to 30 Kavum)
INGREDIENTS:
| 4 cups | Rice flour |
| 1 cup | Brown sugar |
| ½ cup (100 g) | Vegetable oil margarine |
| 1 1/3 to 1 ½ cups (300 ml) | Coconut milk |
| 2 or 3 | Cardamom |
| ½ cup | Kithul pani/ palm jaggery treacle |
| Oil, for deep-frying |
METHOD:
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl to make the batter. Set aside for 30 mins so that the ingredients can mix well.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Scoop two tablespoon of the batter into the pan.
- Plunge a long stick skewer in the middle of the batter holding it in place.
- Turn the batter with the spoon as it gets cooked while rotating the skewer rapidly, like a spinning top but keeping it in one place.
- The batter soon puffs out and a tiny mound forms at the center. Continue the rotation until the kavum is fully cooked.
- Remove the kavum and place in a tray lined with grease absorbing paper. Repeat the process until the batter is finished.
- Store in an air-tight container.
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