Mung Kavum is one of the traditional sweets from Sri Lanka
which is mostly take place the dining table of New Year in April & other
ceremonial events. Before cooking them, my idea was that it is not an easy to
prepare sweet. This is my first time of cooking them & it was really easy. Mung
Kavum is cooked with Mung Flour .(Green gram flour).I used store bought mung
flour,so it was really easier to make them.Anyway I found this recipe from my
Mother in Law as most of my Sri Lankan traditional recipes are from her.
Here is the recipe.
Ingredients (yield about 30 pieces; however quantity depend
on the thickness & size of a piece)
1 ½ cup Mung flour
½ cup Rice Flour
About 2 cups Treacle (If Treacle is not available, use
jaggary as I did)
1 tbspn butter
Oil for deep frying
Batter
½ cup rice flour
1 cup coconut milk
¼ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1 Egg is optional. But I didn’t use.
Method
Sift Mung flour & rice flour together. So that they will
mix well.(However if you use Mung beans & rice to make flour, soak them
over night, then drain & grind until fine)
Keep flour aside.
In Singapore
I do not know where to buy Treacle. So I used jaggery as an alternative. (Palm
sugar also can be a good alternative).I sliced jaggery for small pices before
using. Use about 1 cup of sliced jaggery.
Heat a flat pan.
If you use treacle, pour it on to the pan & make to
boil.I used jaggery,so I added about 1 cup water together with jaggery & make them boil & allowed to thicken
a bit.
Then gradually add Mung Beans & rice flour mix. Stir
well until it makes even mixture similar to dough. If it is so soft, add some
more flour. If it is so hard, add more treacle or bit water. However above are
the quantities I used last week & I didn’t face any problem.
Once all things are mixed well, add butter & mix.
Remove the mix from the burner & flatten on a baking
tray or a flat tray.
Cut into small pieces.
Allow them to cool & rest.
Preparing batter
Use the ingredients above for the batter.
Gradually add coconut milk to rice flour & make a thick
batter.
Add turmeric powder & salt to taste.
Final step
Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
Take a piece from the tray, dip & cover with the batter.
Deep fry it.
Continue the same procedure with all the pieces.
Now Mung Kavum is ready to serve.
If you use store bought Mung Flour & Rice flour,it will
only takes about 1 hour to prepare Mung Kavum with above quantities.
