Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, hayagreeva recipe | hayagriva maddi recipe | hayagriva sweet is a vegetarian karnataka, udupi sweet made with chana dal, water, and jaggery / gud / bella in about 40 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: karnataka, udupi
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana dal
- 3 cup water
- 1 cup jaggery / gud / bella
- 4 cloves
- 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 10 cashew / kaju (halves)
- 2 tsp raisins / kishmish
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ½ cup coconut (grated)
Method
- firstly, in a cooker pressure cook 1 cup chana dal with 3 cup of water for 5 whistles.
- drain off the water from chana dal. you can use the leftover water to prepare rasam.
- take the cooked chana dal into large kadai.
- also add 1 cup jaggery, 4 cloves and begin to mix.
- mix until jaggery melts, keeping the flame on medium.
- continue to mix, until the jaggery melts and starts to thicken.
- further in a pan heat 2 tbsp ghee and roast 10 cashew, 2 tsp raisins.
- roast to a golden brown and pour it over chana dal - jaggery mixture.
- mix well, until the mixture turns silky smooth without mashing chana dal.
- now add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and ½ cup coconut. mix well.
- finally, serve hayagreeva maddi hot / warm or chilled.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
