Mung-ata Guli (Green Gram Balls)

Ingredients

½ measure mung-ata flour

¼ measure well roasted and sieved rice-flour

¼ measure coconut syrup

¼ Ib. sugar candy

Salt

For the batter

¼ measure rice-flour

½ teacup or a little less of coconut milk

1 egg

A pinch of salt

A pinch of ground saffron

Method

Put the syrup into a pan, add a pinch of salt and stir over the fire until it thickness somewhat.

Then take the pan off the fire and mix in the two kinds of flour and the sugar candy coarsely powdered. Mix well, first with the spoon and, when sufficiently cooled, work with the hands and form the mixture into balls about the size of a large marble.

This must be done quickly or the mixture will crumble into powder. Dip the balls in batter and fry 3 or 4 of them together in hot oil. Drain on paper.