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    Home » Festivals » Navratri » Idly Batter Sweet Suzhiyam / Seeyam / Suyam / Suzhiyan

    Idly Batter Sweet Suzhiyam / Seeyam / Suyam / Suzhiyan

    Posted on October 19, 2015 · Last Updated on January 10, 2019 · By Srividhya G · 15 Comments

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    This recipe was sitting in my drafts for the past one week. We usually prepare this sweet for Saraswathi Poojai and wanted to post before that. Why I didn’t post then? Err. It’s because of the name. In Tamil we say சீயம் but in English when I was looking for the correct spelling, I got so confused. My Tamil Quill Pad would have cried for sure as I was trying out all the possible spelling combinations and finally gave up and decided to use all possible ones. That’s why my recipe title is like that.

    It is yet another two in one recipe. All you need is half cup of idly/dosa batter and coconut jaggery pooranam for the filling and of course oil for frying. I have written a separate post about this idly dosa batter so not going to talk about that again. But coming to the filling, you can try various combinations here – Coconut filling, Ellu/sesame seeds filling, coconut and channa dhal filling. The key thing here is that these fillings should be thick/semi-hard in consistency so that you can make small balls out of it. Make sure that these balls are hard enough so that it doesn’t break while dipping them in the batter.

    As Amma was preparing this, I was able to take a quick video of the dipping and frying process. I am not good at shooting videos still in the learning phase.

    SeeyamInstagram

    Ingredients:

    • Oil for frying

    For Filling:

    • Coconut – ½ cup
    • Cardamom – 1
    • Jaggery – ½ cup (powdered or shaved)
    • Water – 1 tbsp (Only if required)
    • Ghee – 1 tsp

    For The Outer Cover:

    • Idly Batter – ½ cup

    Steps:

    Preparing the Filling:

    • Pulse the grated coconut, elaichi and jaggery for couple of minutes. If required add water if not skip it. This step is to make sure they are mixed well and this makes it easy for rolling out the balls.
    • Heat the kadai or pan and add ghee.
    • Add this ground coconut mixture and cook it for couple of minutes till it thickens and all water evaporates.

    CoconutFilling

    • Let it cool and roll them into small balls like below. That’s it the filling is ready.

    CoconutFillingsRoundedup

    Preparing the Seeyam:

    • Heat the oil for frying.
    • Here is the video of the frying process.

    BatterAndFilling

    • Basically you dip the rolled balls into the idly batter and make sure it is well covered and slowly drop them in the oil.
    • Fry till it turns golden brown.

    Here is the video: 

    That’s it. Seeyam is ready. As I mentioned we prepare this for sarawasthi poojai.

    Notes:

    • Make sure the filling is thick.
    • Make sure the rolled out balls are not falling apart. It should be thick enough so that we can dip inside the batter.
    • Don’t let it fry for a long time. Because of the jaggery it might turn black. So when it is golden brown take it off.

    SuzhiyamNeivediyam

    Happy Navratri Folks !!! Enjoy :-)    

     

     

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    Filed Under: Navratri, Sweets Tagged With: Idly Batter Sweet Suzhiyam / Seeyam / Suyam / Suzhiyan, Navratri, saraswathi poojai, seeyam, suzhiyam

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    1. farin ahmed says

      October 22, 2015 at 3:07 am

      Seeyam looks super dooper..kalakura vidhya color color ah picture, adhukuappuram video, arumaiya…

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 22, 2015 at 7:47 am

        Vaanga vaanga how r u?.. Thankoooo..

        Reply
    2. freakyveggie says

      October 21, 2015 at 11:00 am

      My MIL makes another version of this, the filling is made with chana dal and jaggery and is a favourite at home :) And that’s going to be the sweet of tomorrow :)

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 21, 2015 at 8:10 pm

        Oh yeah. Amma was telling me that. Yumm yumm enjoy the sweets

        Reply
    3. Gayathri Ramanan says

      October 20, 2015 at 7:42 pm

      suzhiyam looks tempting and delicious..nice video

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 21, 2015 at 8:12 pm

        Thanks a lot Gayathri.

        Reply
    4. Traditionally Modern Food says

      October 20, 2015 at 11:09 am

      My fav.. It always happens for me too.. Eng name for our dish is very confusing..looks yummy.. Video ellam pottu irukkakalakkal po

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 21, 2015 at 8:14 pm

        Thanks Vids..

        Reply
    5. Mullai Madavan says

      October 20, 2015 at 5:28 am

      We also use dosa batter for extra crisp suzhiyams. Looks tempting pa, all set for Ayudha pooja?

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 21, 2015 at 8:15 pm

        Yup.. how did yours go.

        Reply
        • Mullai Madavan says

          October 22, 2015 at 12:53 pm

          Work day.. hectic but managed and did pooja in the evening!

          Reply
    6. Bikramjit says

      October 20, 2015 at 2:11 am

      Good job you pressed the Publish button then :) yummy

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 21, 2015 at 8:16 pm

        :-) Thanks

        Reply
    7. CHCooks says

      October 19, 2015 at 10:23 pm

      Vidhya.. Amma prepared this on Sunday for Navrathri too :) This is one of my most favorite sweets! She uses the dosa batter too :) Seeing this same to same recipe and when you said your amma made it too, I was super excited :)

      Reply
      • Vidhya@VVK says

        October 19, 2015 at 10:25 pm

        :-) :-) super.. i like it too same pinch. Post your recipe too.

        Reply

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