Kalathappam/ rice cake ( kannur special ) cooked in oven

Ingredients

• Rice - 1 1/4 cup
• Cooked rice - 1/4 cup
• Jaggery - 5 - 6 cubes
• Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
• Shallots - 10 nos
• Coconut cuts - 2 tbs
• Ghee/coconut oil
• Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Cumin powder - a pinch

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Preparation

• Soak rice for 5-6 hrs in water.Grind rice with cooked rice and grated coconut by adding enough water and prepare a loose batter.
• Add cumin powder and cardamom powder. Allow the batter to stand for 5-6 hrs or if you want to use batter immediately add baking soda. Melt the jaggery by adding little water and add this to the batter.
• In a thick saucepan add some ghee/coconut oil and saute the chopped shallots till light brown in colour. In a small pan add some oil and brown the coconut cuts.
• Add this to the sauted shallots. Pour the batter to the saucepan and gently warm the mixture by stirring continiously. Pour the batter into a greased tin and bake in a preheated oven at 170 degree centigrade for 25- 30 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
• Allow it cool down for another half and hour before you cut it.