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    Sweet Somas Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Sweet Somas with step by step pictures. Roasted gram dal, coconut, sugar and cardamom filled inside pastry shell and deep fried till crispy.

    Sweet Somas

    Somas is one of the most popular indian snack items. We make it each year, but somehow i haven't shared it so far. Finally i made it few days back and i am up with the recipe. 

    Normally a somas spoon is used to cut off the excess dough from the edges. But i lost mine and couldn't find my spoon when i need it. So i sealed the edges and created a twisted pattern. 

    Ingredients for Somas

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
    • Sooji / Rava / Semolina - 2 tblspn
    • Salt a pinch
    • Ghee or Oil - 3 tblspn
    • Coconut - ½ cup
    • Gram Dal / Pottu kadalai - ½ cup
    • Sugar - ¾ cup
    • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

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    How to Make Somasi

    1. Take maida, sooji, oil, salt in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it forms coarse crumbs. Add water slowly and knead to a stiff dough. Set aside for 30 mins.
    2. Now take gram dal, sugar, cardamom in a blender and powder finely.
    3. In a dry pan, toast coconut till it is light golden. Take it in a bowl, add the gram dal powder and mix well.
    4. Now divide the dough into small balls. Roll it thinly, spoon some filling in the center and apply water all over the sides. Now cover it and seal the edges. You can use a somas spoon to run all over the edges to get even finish.
    5. Heat oil in a pan, drop somas in this and fry till golden and crispy. Drain and serve warm.
    6. Cool it down and store in a air tight container for upto a week.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Sweet Somas with step by step pictures. Roasted gram dal, coconut, sugar and cardamom filled inside pastry shell and deep fried till crispy.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 15 servings

    Ingredients

    • For Dough:
    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup
    • Sooji / Rava / Semolina - 2 tblspn
    • Salt a pinch
    • Ghee or Oil - 3 tblspn
    • Water as needed
    • For Filling:
    • Coconut - ½ cup
    • Gram Dal / Pottu kadalai - ½ cup
    • Sugar - ¾ cup
    • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

    Instructions

    • Take maida, sooji, oil, salt in a bowl and rub with your fingers till it forms coarse crumbs. Add water slowly and knead to a stiff dough. Set aside for 30 mins.
    • Now take gram dal, sugar, cardamom in a blender and powder finely.
    • In a dry pan, toast coconut till it is light golden. Take it in a bowl, add the gram dal powder and mix well.
    • Now divide the dough into small balls. Roll it thinly, spoon some filling in the center and apply water all over the sides. Now cover it and seal the edges. You can use a somas spoon to run all over the edges to get even finish.
    • Heat oil in a pan, drop somas in this and fry till golden and crispy. Drain and serve warm.
    • Cool it down and store in a air tight container for upto a week.
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    Sweet Somas Step by Step

    First lets make the dough, take maida in a bowl

     

    add sooji

     

    pinch of salt

     

    ghee or oil

     

    rub well

     

    add little water

     

    knead to a stiff dough

     

    now take gram dal in a blender

     

    add sugar

     

     
    cardamom

    powder it finely

     

    in a dry pan, take coconut

     

    toast till it is light golden brown

     

    add it in a bowl

     

    mix well

     

    divide dough into equal balls

     

    take one ball

     

    roll it thinly

     

    spoon some filling

     

    apply water over the edges

     

     

     

    cover it

     

    seal it well

     

    seal the sides

     

    and create a pattern like this

     

    drop in hot oil

     

    fry till golden brown

     

    Serve
     

     

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