Somas

A Sweet and crispy savory, which is normally made during Diwali in India. Somas is the sweeter version of curry puff. It is deep fried in oil but doesn’t feel heavy on tummy.

When i was in my school days i really dint like this snack that much. My family used to make this with several stuffings, including dry fruits, khoya and semolina, coconut etc.

Recently we had guests over to my place and this is a very easy recipe so i made this for the tea time and our guest enjoyed the snack as much as i enjoyed it.

Somas ingredients:

Sooji (Rava) 150 grams

Sugar 100 grams

Khoya 150 grams

Cardamom 3 nos

Raisins 30 grams

Cashew nuts 30 grams

Ghee to fry the nuts and raisins.

Plain flour 200 grams

A pinch of salt.

Oil to fry

Method:

1.Knead plain flour with water and little salt to make a pastry sheet.

2. Take a wok and heat it up in medium fire. Fry the rava (sooji) dry roast them till nice fragrance comes and dont burn it or make it brown. Add the khoya to the rava and keep it frying for two to three minutes.

3. Before we trun off the fire add sugar to the mixture and transfer the content to another bowl.

4. Place a small pan and add two tablespoon of ghee. Then pound the cardamom, add the broken cashew nuts and raising and fry them well in the ghee and finally add the cardamom to the ghee. then pour the content over the rava mixture.

5. Mix the contents well using a spatula.

5. Take the small ball portion of the dough make it flat like we do chappathi . Use the mixture as the filling. I used the curry puff mould to shape the somas.

6. After you make about 6 somas. Turn on the fire and heat the oil for deep frying. Once the oil is heated up fry the somas till golden brown on both the sides.

7. The sugar, khoya and rava will bind well in the heat while deep frying. Then serve it with a nice cup of tea.

Isn’t a simple recipe for a delicious snack. Hope you will try this recipe at your kitchen.

Note: For variations in the stuffing you can use mix of drynuts and fruits eg: pistachios, dates, cashew nuts, raisins.

2.Coconut, Sooji, sugar, cardamom will be a good option for stuffing. You can add the ingredients to suit your taste.