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Ari Unda/ Rice Ladoo



Ari Unda/ Rice Ladoo

Today's recipe is a humble sweet/ladoo made with rice. There is another version of ari unda/ avalose unda that,I posted earlier.Rice ladoos/ari unda  is a traditional sweet of Kerala with very little ingredients, rice, coconut,and jaggery. It has the beautiful aroma of roasted rice,  cardamon and cumin. This is my mother- in -laws recipe and it tastes yummy. Try this, you will surely love it.

Ingredients
Red rice/matta rice/parboiled rice- 2 cup
Jaggery powdered- 1  1/2cup
Coconut grated- 1 cup
Ghee- 1 tsp
Cardamon powder- 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder- a pinch


Wash rice and drain, spread on a cloth or towel to get dry.
 Heat a pan and add the rice. Dry roast the rice in medium heat for 10-12 minutes. The rice will change color,and there will be popping sound. Switch off the flame and allow this to cool a bit. Add  the rice into the mixer and make it into a fine powder. Add grated coconut, powdered jaggery, cardamom powder, cumin powder,ghee and blend for one more minute. Wet your hands a bit, take small portions of the mixture and shape into a ball. Serve with tea.

If you like this you may also like:

Avalose Unda
Ellu Unda/Sesame Seeds Ladoo
Pori Unda/Sweet Puffed Rice Balls


Try this
Hope you will all enjoy!

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