Ingredients

• 6 - ripe bananas
• 6 tsps - thambuttu powder
• 6 tsps - sugar
• 2 tsps - roasted sesame seeds
• 4 tsps - honey
• 4 tbsps - coconut grated
• 1tbsp -ghee
• For the thambuttu powder:
• 1 kg - boiled rice
• 6 - cardamoms
• 1 tsp - fenugreek
• Salt to taste

How to Make Thambuttu

• Sprinkle a little water on the rice and roast on a tawa till it is dark brown and crisp
• Roast fenugreek and cardamoms.
• Make all this into a fine powder and add salt.
• For thambuttu:
• Peel and mash bananas.
• Add sugar, honey, sesame, coconut and thambuttu powder.
• Knead the powder and the banana mix into a fairly thick but soft dough.
• Make small balls and press a bit in the centre. Serve.