Ingredients: 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour,1 cup Sugar,1/2 teaspoon Cooking soda,1 teaspoon Butter,1/4 teaspoon Salt,1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi),1/2 cup Milk,Water – as required,Sunflower Oil – to deep fry
Time in minutes: 65 Servings: 10 Course: Snack Diet: Vegetarian
Instructions: To prepare Kerala Style Vettu Cake Recipe (Eggless Wholewheat Tea Shop Cake), sift in wheat flour into a mixing bowl. Add salt, cooking soda, sugar, cardamom powder and butter to the flour.Mix everything well and add milk to it. Mix to form crumbs. You can also powder sugar before adding.Then add water little by little and knead into smooth dough. The dough has to be non sticky. Add little flour if needed.Keep the dough covered for 45 minutes. After resting time, roll the dough into a log and cut into 2 inch square pieces.Make a small cut in “X” or “+” mark in the center with a knife. See the picture for reference.Heat oil for deep frying, check the temperature by dropping a small piece of dough. It has to rise to top immediately.Reduce the flame and drop the pieces slowly and fry for 4-5 minutes in batches keeping in low flame. It has to turn golden brown on all sides.Drain the oil using kitchen tissues. Serve Kerala Style Vettu Cake Recipe (Eggless Wholewheat Tea Shop Cake) with Coconut Kewra Drink or Ginger Cardamom Chai.