Sattu is a traditional Rajasthani sweet prepared during teej festival which is celebrated 4 days after Rakhi and is a festival for women . It is similar to karwa chauth women get together and do pooja and they fast for their husbands. After Moon peeks out from the clouds the fast is broken by having this delicious sweet. Traditionally sattu is made in the shape of pedas but now a days it decorated in a wonderful manner. Teej is considered a big festival in Rajasthan but in chennai it has faded only some families follow teej festival here.On teej Festival women gets dressed up well, they sing regional geeth and read stories or katha .Once the moon arrives Husbands pick some sattu using silver coin and feeds his wife breaking the fast. Sattu ka pinda is usually spread in a parath or thali and decorated, these are also given the trousses in wedding.
I had bigger plans for letter S but ended up making this sweet from rajasthan which is a very easy to make. As Teej is considered a big festival in rajasthan and sattu is a must sweet they are now decorated in variety of ways , ladies just use their imagination and decorate it as they wish. I have been wanting to do some designer Sattu from long time though I have already blogged the traditional sattu recipe this is version 2 . Sattu is my favorite sweet , but some people won’t like sattu as it sticks to mouth when eaten, I have got the solution in this post to make it melt in mouth. In my visit to India mom and masi had made some sattu just to give me and they tasted yumm, Mom shared that they added nuts to the sattu to make it melt in mouth. I thought next time when I try I have to include nuts and here I am with this yummy sattu which doesn’t stick to mouth.I decorated my Sattu with some food colors, and edible flowers. As Teej is a festival for Husband and Wife I wanted to do “Bindh Bindhani” ( Husband and wife) decor on the sattu. Wish I could have done it more neatly ,I was in a hurry to make these so didn’t do much of detailing.I didn’t use any cookie cutter the bindh bindani was shaped with a knife. Lets move to the recipe.
Ingredients
- Dalia /Split Roasted Channa Dal – 1 Cup
- Ghee- 1/4 cup
- Sugar – 1/2 cup
- Cashew pd – 1/4 cup ( grind in mixer)
- Elaichi/ Cardamom pd – A pinch
For garnish
- Food Colors ( Good Quality Recommended )
- Edible balls or Flowers
- Nuts as you need
Method
- Grind Cashew to fine powder , don’t over grind as cashew will leave its oil if over ground.
- Grind sugar to sugar powder and keep it ready.
- Grind Dalia/ roasted channa dal to fine powder.
- Sieve the channa dal powder twice, Mix in the sugar pd, and cashew pd.
- Heat ghee in a pan till it melts,add the warm ghee to the channa dal mixture.
- Add caradamom and mix them well.
- Form a dough and spread them on a plate.
- To make decoration remove some part of sattu and start shaping them as you like. Use your imagination and design them as you like.
- Place the decoration on the sattu spread on the plate.
- You can also use a cookie cutter and cut the shapes or do the traditional way of shaping them like a peda .
- Garnish it with nuts . They get set in few few hours. Stay good for a week if kept in air tight jar.
- Dalia /Split Roasted Channa Dal - 1 Cup
- Ghee- ¼ cup
- Sugar - ½ cup
- Cashew pd - ¼ cup ( grind in mixer)
- Elaichi/ Cardamom pd - A pinch
- Food Colors
- Edible balls or Flowers
- Nuts as you need
- Grind Cashew to fine powder , don't over grind as cashew will leave its oil if over ground.
- Grind sugar to sugar powder and keep it ready.
- Grind Dalia/ roasted channa dal to fine powder.
- Sieve the channa dal powder twice, Mix in the sugar pd, and cashew pd.
- Heat ghee in a pan till it melts,add the warm ghee to the channa dal mixture.
- Add caradamom and mix them well.
- Form a dough and spread them on a plate.
- To make decoration remove some part of sattu and start shaping them as you like. Use your imagination and design them as you like.
- Place the decoration on the sattu spread on the plate.
- You can also use a cookie cutter and cut the shapes or do the traditional way of shaping them like a peda .
- Garnish it with nuts . They get set in few few hours. Stay good for a week if kept in air tight jar.
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