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Channa Doss

Sep 20, 2012 30 min
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Channa Doss
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Preparation Time
30 min to 1 hour
Difficulty
Moderately easy
Occasion
Picnic Recipes
Recipe Type
Appetizers
Cuisine
West India

Channa Doss or Doce is a Goan sweet that requires very few ingredients but lot of patience and tremendous amount of stirring. Its fairly easy to make and the end result is one of the simplist sweets that still ends up getting consumed too soon.

Prior to starting let we warn you that its a tough one, family support is a boon when it comes to stirring. Enjoy this Christmas this with some Chonache Doss.

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories (kcal) Fat (g) Cholesterol (mg)
Gram Dal
Gram Dal
1 cup 703.5 3.57
Coconut Grated
Coconut Grated
1 cup 442.84 4.8
Sugar
Sugar
1 cup 774
Cardamom
Cardamom
6 nos 1584 26.4
Ghee
Ghee
3 tablespoon 744.3 80.64 20.97
Salt
Salt
1 as required 0
Total 4248.64 115.41 20.97

Preparation Method

  1. 01 Soak and Cook the Gram Dal, then Grind the Gram and Coconut.
  2. 02 Once thats done, add 2 tablespoon of Ghee to the vessel and heat it up.
  3. 03 Add the ground Channa Dal and Coconut first and start mixing them.
  4. 04 Once its mixed properly add Sugar.Blend the ingredients.
  5. 05 Now the stirring starts to mix all the three ingredients properly into a thick lump.
  6. 06 After stirring for a few minutes it turns slightly brown. Keep stirring.When the mix begins to thicken add a pinch of Salt to it..
  7. 07 Continue to blend, and you will notice the difference in the mix.If it gets difficult to stir, it means you are doing a good job and your Doss will turn out to be perfect.
  8. 08 That also means you have to eep stirring. Add crushed Cardamom to the mixture and stir again.The mixture collects together, so 2 tablespoons of Ghee makes it a bit easier to stir.
  9. 09 Keep the Doss mixture on the flame for a while, and don't forget to stir it regularly.
  10. 10 After 25-30 minutes, stirring would become extremely difficult as the mixture solidifies. Stir some more and then its time to remove the doss off the fire.
  11. 11 Flatten the mixture with a spatula on a greased plate.
  12. 12 Cut diamond shape pieces and Channa Doss is ready.

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