Sukhiyan/Sukiyan/Sughiyan

Sukhiyan/Sukiyan/Sughiyan is a typical traditional Kerala sweet, state of South India made from cooked mung beans, spices, usually cardamom mixed with jaggery . They are formed into pingpong size balls , dip into a batter the deep fried in coconut oil.

Moreover, it is also spelled as Suhiyan or Sugiyan (Moong beans fritters ) deep fried moong dhal/green gram or Cherupayaru

These sweet snack shaped like pingpong-sized balls are made from the mixture of cooked (roasted) whole green gram or cherupayar, jaggery, grated coconut, cardamom powder, ghee and flour.

Green Gram or Moong (Mung) Bean is known as Cheru Payaru or Cherupayaru in in Malayalam, the language of Kerala.

Below are pictures of the Sukhiyan while it is being made and after they are deep-fried

Picture below is the closer view of the Sukhiyan and a scene in Chaya Kada (teashops) in Allepey, Kerala, India

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