Ingredients: –
2 cups Rice
1 cup grated jaggery
¼ cup grated coconut
3tbsp white sesame seeds
¼ cup water
1tsp elachi (cardamom) powder
Oil for frying
Method: – Soak rice overnight or for four hours. Dry in shade for an hour and grind to powder. Heat a heavy base pan and add water, jaggery, coconut, sesame seeds and elachi powder. When the syrup is ready remove from flame. (Syrup test – Take water in a small bowl, add a drop of syrup, it should forms a soft ball in water).
Add rice flour to the syrup mixing with a spoon to form soft dough. Make small balls of equal size. Deep fry in oil to golden brown. Remain fresh for 15 days.
Note:
You can use rice flour to avoid the tedious process of soaking and grinding rice. In such case you increase jaggery to 1 ½ – 2 cups.
Recipe courtesy: Swarna Kumari