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Arisi Vella Puttu

Ingredients
Rice flour/Arisi Maavu - 1 cup
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Cardamom-3 crushed
Grated coconut -1 tbsp
Chopped almonds - 10
Ghee-3 tsp

Vella Puttu

Method
Dry roast the rice flour till raw smell disappears & slightly changes colour.
Cool the flour & sprinkle water little by little to make the entire flour wet.
The flour should look like bread crumbs,the mixture should hold together.Should crumble ans fall when you leave.
Place this in a clean cloth or kitchen towel & steam them for 10 to 12 minutes.
Cool the flour & crumble them place it in a bowl.
Heat ghee in a pan and fry the nuts till light brown,transfer it to the bowl.
Add the grated coconut & crushed cardamom too.

Vella Puttu

Dissolve jaggery in water,filter to remove any impurities.
Boil the jaggery till it reaches to a soft ball consistency.
Pour a drop of syrup in water & try to form a soft ball,then your consistency is right.
Now pour this syrup into the rice flour coconut mixture.
Gently mix till everything is well combined.
Serve them hot or warm.
Note:
a) Syrup should form a soft ball consistency,otherwise your sweet will become watery.
b) Instead of jaggery syrup you can just mix sugar,cardamom powder & coconut too.
c) Steam the rice properly otherwise it will be raw while eating.
d) Cashew nuts & edible camphor can also be added.

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