Thaen Mittai or Honey Sugar Candy is a Kerala special dainty sweet which is popular among kids. Available in tea-stalls, these little titbits melts in your mouth.
Thaen Mittai is called or roughly translated to Honey Candy. However, there is no honey used in its preparation! But they are so sweet that it is named so. Popular in tea-stalls or pettykadas,these are evoke fond childhood memories in most of the Malayalees. I wasn't allowed to have them though but I still managed to devour them when my classmates brought it to school.
How to make Thaen Mittai
Soak rice and urad dal for three hours. Do not exceed this time limit.
Grind it to a smooth paste using little water. It should be thick as in the
Add food color and mix well.
Add baking powder and mix again.
Keep oil in a pan for deep frying.
Meanwhile, in a pan, add sugar and water and heat. Once the sugar is combined well with water, simmer down to keep the syrup warm.
To the hot oil, drop in a tiny spoonful of batter and fry until crisp on all sides. Fry in batches and add it to the sugar syrup. Let it sit for a couple of minutes.
Once cooled, add it to an airtight glass container and serve as desired.
Thaen Mittai Recipe:
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Thaen Mittai
- Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 30 balls 1x
Description
Thaen Mittai or Honey Sugar Candy is a Kerala special dainty sweet which is popular among kids. Available in tea-stalls, these little titbits melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Idli Rice
- ⅛ cup Urad Dal
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Water
- ⅛ tsp Orange Food color
- ¼ tsp Baking powder
- Oil, for deep frying
Instructions
- Soak rice and urad dal for three hours. Do not exceed this time limit.
- Grind it to a smooth paste using little water. It should be thick as in the Meduvada batter.
- Add food color and mix well.
- Add baking powder and mix again.
- Keep oil in a pan for deep frying.
- Meanwhile, in a pan, add sugar and water and heat. Once the sugar is combined well with water, simmer down to keep the syrup warm.
- To the hot oil, drop in a tiny spoonful of batter and fry until crisp on all sides. Fry in batches and add it to the sugar syrup. Let it sit for a couple of minutes.
- Once cooled, add it to an airtight glass container and serve as desired.
- Prep Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Category: Sweet
- Cuisine: Kerala
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Samira Gupta says
Wow... First of all the pics are looking soooo in inviting. Totally new dish for me, will try it out for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Duncan says
They do evoke a lot of childhood memories where I lived on sugary sweets!
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Vidhya Thakkar says
Another interesting recipe! Bookmarking it
Vartika Gakhar says
Never heard of this earlier, will try it out and im sure it will a hit especially for the kids.
Suhasini says
We used to enjoy them in our childhood. Thanks for bringing forward all those memories
Rachna Parmar says
The sweet look quite nice especially their striking colour.
Lata Sunil says
Oh.. never tried this one.. Need to get to those pettykadas soon.
Sitharaam Jayakumar says
Well, I really like the look of those red ball-shaped things in the images. They look really yummy. But looking at them I would expect them to be spicy rather than sweet like Thaen or Honey. Speaking of Thaen mittai I remember panjju mittai from Chennai. When I was a kid my family used to visit Marina Beach and some vendors would come with these pink fluffy looking stuff that would be soft like cotton. Of course, my father refused to buy them for me saying it is not good for health and the teeth. It was only after I started visiting the beach with my friends that I could indulge in panjju mittai.
abhijit says
Indian mithai taste good. But so full of calories. Deep fried, plus fat and sugar. But so yummy. No wonder most of us are out of shape with a big tummy (only men I am talking about).
Shalini says
Haha! I get that! 😀
Mayuri Nidigallu says
I tasted Thaen Mittai a few days ago. For some strange reason I assumed it was baked!!! Good to know how exactly it is made. Your pictures are droolworthy, and i love those two little birds looking expectantly at the Mitai, just like i am wont to do 🙂
Shalini says
Awwiee.. Thank you very much, Mayuri!
P.S: I too didn't know it has such a simple recipe 🙂
Manas Mukul says
I am sure kids will love it. Not the recipe only the candies 😀
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Shalini says
Haha! I am sure they will!