Recipe - Mung-Ata Kavum

250 g Jaggery
125 ml Water
250 g Rice flour
250 g Mung gram flour
125 ml Warm water
1 Litre oil

Batter: 1 egg 250 g rice flour One fourth teaspoon salt 125 ml thick coconut milk

Put jaggery and water in a pan and heat. Bring to the boil and gradually
add the rice flour and mung gram flour. Stir and cook until the mixture
thickens. Turn the mixture onto a greased board and cool. Knead well and
gradually add the warm water until the mixture is soft and smooth. Flatten
the mixture on the pastry board and cut into diamond shapes. Dip in the
batter. Heat the oil and deep fry until crisp and golden brown. Remove and
drain. To make the batter: beat the egg, place the flour in a bowl and add
the egg salt and enough coconut milk to make a thick batter. From "A taste
of Sri Lanka" by Indra Jayasekera, ISBN #962 224 010 0

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