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Rice Laddu

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Introduction

Rice laddu/Rice ball is a traditional snack of Kerala which is easy to prepare, light on the stomach and nutritious as well. It can be prepared in less than one hour time.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 1 cup rice (preferably red or brown rice)
  • 3 cups coconut (Grated)
  • 1 cup jaggery Powder
  • 2 cardamom (Either a pinch of cardamom powder or two pods.)

Method

Rice Laddu is a community recipe submitted by Srinidhi_C and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

  1. Wash the rice well and remove stones if any. You can use red rice or brown rice. Strain the water well.
  2. In a thick bottomed Aluminium kadai / skillet, roast the rice on medium flame – Keep on stirring – Roast it till the rice grains breaks/popping up.
  3. Transfer this to a wide plate or lid and let it cool.
  4. Grind this into fine powder in a mixer/food processor. Strain the rice powder.
  5. Add the powdered jaggery, grated coconut and cardamom to the mixer jar and just mix it with a spin. Don’t grind them into a paste. Transfer everything into a bowl and mix them together.
  6. Crush any jaggery lumps if present with your fingers.
  7. Make lemon-sized balls with this mixture and serve it immediately or keep it in air tight dry containers.

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