This is a snack goes well with coffee or tea in the evening. Main ingredients are parboiled rice, coconut and jaggery and little spice mixture for flavour. You can change the amount of any ingredient to your taste and/or to adjust calorie intake. There is no hard and fast rule for this one. You just can't go wrong.
Ingredients
Group 1
3 cup parboiled rice( rosematta rice from kerala is the best)
1-2 cup shredded coconut
1 cup brown sugar or jaggery grated(can replace with agave nectar)
Group 2
2 small piece of dry inger
6 cardmom
2t cumin powder
4 cloves(grampoo)
a pinch of salt to balance taste
Utensils needed
Bowl to soak rice
collander to drain rice
thick bottomed pan to roast rice
Strainer to sift rice powder
food processor or a dry grinder large enough to grind rice,
coffee grinder to powder the spices
How I made it
Wash and soak the rice for an hour and completely drain the water.
Grind ingredients in group 2 to a nice powder
Heat the thick bottomed pan on medium-high heat. Wait for it to get really hot, you can test by putting 2-3 rice on the pan and it should pop immediately. Roast the soaked rice in 2 batches.
You will be hearing a lot of crackling or popping sound as the rice get roasted. Keep stirring to avoid burning. When the popping stops the rice should be golden brown in colour. Take it out and keep aside to cool.
Once the rice is cool grind it to a nice powder in a food processor or dry grinder.
Once done take it out and sift the powder with a big strainer to get the coarse pieces out.
Now put the rice powder, jaggery, shredded coconut and spice mixture together in the food processor or in the big dry grinder jar to mix it all together. Once mixed well make lemon sized balls out of it with your hand.
Enjoy with a hot cup of tea.
yumm! :')
ReplyDelete