Roasted rice ladoo / ari varutha unda

Ingredients

• Boiled rice/ Idly rice/ puzhungal ari -------  1 cup
• Grated coconut---------------------------------- 1 cup
• Jaggery-------------------------------------------  2 large pieces
• Water---------------------------------------------  1 cup
• Cardamom powder----------------------------   1/2 teaspoon (powder cardamom with little sugar using a mortar and pestle)

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Preparation

• In a medium heat vessel add a cup of water , jaggery and cardamom powder and let it boil. Strain off the impurities from jaggery syrup and transfer to a bowl. Keep it aside.
• Next,dry roast rice. For this, heat a pan to medium high and add rice to it. Keep stirring. When the color of rice changes slightly,bring the flame to low and keep stirring.
• Stir for 15 minutes in low flame till rice is equally and perfectly roasted both inside and outside. Transfer to a plate and keep it aside. Let it warm.
• Now in the same pan, dry roast grated coconut to light golden brown color . Make sure all water is evaporated from the coconut.
• Next, powder the roasted rice in a blender. Transfer to a bowl. Then, mix in roasted coconut to powdered rice. Then, slowly mix in jaggery syrup.
• Mix it good and form balls of it. Place it in a plate and let it sit for an hour to prevent sticking together. Then transfer to a bowl.