Sri Lankan Recipes.

Oil Cake( Konda Kavum)








Ingredients.


2 cups Rice Flour.
1 cup Wheat Flour(All purpose).
1 1/2 cups Kithul Treacle.(or 1/2 Lb Dark Brown Sugar).
Oil for Frying.
Pinch of Salt.


Method.


In a pan, at medium heat,cook treacle until boiled (don't over boil).
(for brown sugar-heat sugar in a pan with some water until boil).
Remove from heat and keep until it is slightly cool.
Mix rice flour and wheat flour together with a pinch of salt.
Put the flour mixture little at time to the treacle to make a thick batter.
Keep the batter about 1-2 hrs before cook the kavum.
Heat the oil in the pan on medium heat.
When oil is hot pour about 3 Tbsp of batter into a pan slowly.
Insert wooden skewer into a center of the batter and let the raw batter move up while hitting hot oil on the top.(hold skewer in left hand while oil spoon in right hand)
When the Konda Kewuma turned into a golden brown transfer it to a paper towel.(Add some crushed cashew for the batter to more taste)