The recipe for making lip-smacking Aval Laddu (sweet balls with rice flakes):
Ingredients
- 2½ cups Aval (rice flake), thick
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 cup coconut, grated
- 1 cup Nattu Sakkarai (unrefined sugar)
- ½ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 10 kaju (cashew nuts) halves
- 2 tbsp kishmish (Dried grapes or raisins)
Instructions
- Dry roast 2½ cup Aval on low flame for 10 minutes or until it turns crisp.
- Cool completely and transfer to the blender.
- Blend to a fine powder without adding any water. Keep aside.
- In a pan, heat 1 tsp ghee and roast 1 cup coconut.
- Roast on low flame until it turns dry and golden brown.
- Transfer to the blender and add 1 cup Nattu Sakkarai.
- Transfer to the same bowl of aval powder and mix well.
- Now heat ½ cup ghee and roast 10 cashew nuts, 2 tbsp raisins.
- Roast on low flame until it turns golden brown.
- Pour the hot ghee over the flour and mix well.
- Combine well using a spoon.
- Ghee absorbs well and turns the moist mixture.
- Now prepare ball-sized laddu.
- Store in an air-tight container and enjoy yummy, lip-smacking aval laddu for up to 2 weeks!
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