Tasty Kerala Sweet Rice Balls – Ari Unda

Ingredients

• Rice – 2 cups
• Cashew nut – 250 grms
• Jaggery – 1 cup
• grated coconut – 1 1/2 cup
• Cardamom – 5 to 6 nos
• Dry ginger powder – 2 tbsp

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Method

• Take a pan and add rice and water.
• Wash them well, drain, and keep them aside.
• Heat a pan and roast the rice till it changes its colour uniformly to a darker shade.
• once it’s crisp and shrinks them well.
• Then transfer it to a plate and let it cool down.
• Add cashew nuts and roast them well.Transfer it to a plate and set it aside.
• Then grind the roasted rice into a fine powder and set it aside.
• Then grind the cashewnut into a fine powder and set it aside.
• Then crush the cardamom into a fine powder and set it aside.
• Then grated the jaggery and set it aside.
• Take a pan, Add a quarter portion of roasted, ground rice.
• Then add the roasted cashewnut mix.Again, add grated coconut and jaggery.
• Add crushed cardamom and dry ginger powder.Mix them well with your hands.
• Then grab some of the mixture and shape them into lime-sized balls by squeezing the mixture between your palms until it firms up.
• Then mix with the roasted riceground mix and set aside.
• Repeat the process till the entire mix is made into small balls.
• Serve the delicious cashew rice balls.