Athirasam

Athirasam:

Raw rice - 1cup
jaggery -  1/2 of the qty. of rice flour
Cardamom - 1 tsp.
Oil - 2 cups ( vegetable oil)

Method :

Soak the rice for 1 hour. Drain it and grind it in a mixie and sieve it to get the fine flour.  Keep 1/4 cup of water in a pan and add jaggery to it. let it boil. check the consistency of the jaggery syrup by pouring a drop in water kept in a vessel. The jaggery syrup should be floating in water. Take the pan out from fire. Mix cardamom with the flour. Add the jaggery syrup slowly simulatneously kneading the flour. The whole flour with the jaggery should come like soft dough. Heat  oil in a tava and let it be on a low flame. Make small balls (lime size) and press it with fingers (not thin) on a thick plastic sheet and make circles of 1-1/2" diameter. After the oil becomes hot, slip it on the oil. Turn the athirasam and let both sides is of uniform red colour. Press it lightly along the sides of the tava and take it out.

Yummy athirasam is ready.