Ari unda (Rice balls)

Ingredients:

Rice ( Matta rice/ Red Kuttari/Par Boiled Rice) - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Scraped Coconut - 1 cup
Cardamom - 3
Ginger - 1/2 '' Piece

Method:

Wipe the Rice with a cloth. In a thick bottomed kadai roast the Rice in medium heat till it is crisp and golden brown. See to it that all rice is uniformly roasted. Rice grains breaks. Remove from fire and let it cool.

Grind the  roasted rice in a mixer and transfer this to a plate.

 In the same mixer jar grind ginger piece . Add the powdered jaggery to this  and give a stir.  Also add grated coconut, cardamon and rice powder and coarsely grind it together for just a few seconds in the mixer. Grind till everything is well mixed.

Transfer this to a wide plate. Make small balls out of the mixture.  

You can make 18 balls of this size with this measurements. A healthy snack is ready........:)

Recipe Courtesy: Mrs. Ajitha Sadhanandan (Ammayi)