Ariyunda - Snack recipe from kerala

Ingredients

1.Boiled rice /Kuthary - 1 cup

2.Jaggery - 1/2 cup

3.Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

4.Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1.Wash the rice really well and drain it out.In a heavy bottom pan dry roast the rice till it pops out and give a nice golden brown color.And when you bite it you can feel the crunchiness of roasted rice.Allow it to cool and make powder out of it.Do not make fine powder or coarse powder.It should be in between that.Spread it in a pieces of paper.

2.Grate the jaggery ,and then grind it with grated coconut so that it become thick.Add cardamom powder to it.Mix it well with the roasted rice powder.

3.You can do it with your hand or you can grind it in the mixer.Then take the mixture in to a bowl and make balls out of it.

You can store it in an air tight container for a week.

Ottada Snack Recipe Kerala

Ottada is a traditional kerala snack recipe,But in different region it is prepared in different method.Like for the sweetness you can use either sugar or jaggery.

Ingredients

1.Roasted rice flour - 1 cup
2.Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
3.Jaggery - 300 gm
4.Salt a pinch
5.Water
6.Plantain leaf/Vazhayila


Preparation

1.Mix the rice flour with water to make a thick batter from it.Add salt to taste .

2.Clean the vazhayila and make square pieces from it.

3.Then in a pan melt the jaggery and to this add the grated coconut.Mix it well.

4.Spread the rice batter on each piece of vazhayila and on top of it spread one spoonfull coconut jaggery mixture.

You can also make a filling by mixing the grated coconut with sugar.

5.Then fold the vazhayila in the center and roast fry it in a heavy pan .Till both side become cooked well.You can use a heavy bottom pan for this purpose.Or a dosa pan for this purpose.

Cook it in medium flame so that both side become cooked well.Serve it as hot..