Pillaiyar Urundai Recipe

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 1 1/4 cup
Powdered jaggery - 3/4 cup
Water - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 1/2 tsp
Roasted gram dal - 1 tbsp
Broken cashew – 1 tbsp
Coconut – 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
Chopped almonds – for garnishing

Method:
1. Boil the jaggery in water and filter.
2. Fry the dal, cashewnuts and coconut in ghee.
3. Add this to the boiling jaggery syrup.
4. Add a pinch of cardamom powder.
5. Reduce the flame, add rice flour and mix well ensuring that no lumps are formed.
6. Make small balls, place them on a ghee-coated pan and steam for 10 minutes.
7. Garnish with chopped almonds.

Courtesy: The Hindu