Kattuyanam Rice Adhirasam / பாரம்பரிய காட்டுயாணம் அரிசி அதிரசம் - Deepavali Recipes

Ingredients

Kattuyanam Arisi    - 1 cup

Jaggery                   - 1 cup

Cardamom powder  - 1 tsp

Dry ginger powder  -  1 tsp

Oil

Method

Wash & soak the rice for 3 hours.

Drain the water .

Let it sit for 1/2 an hour , make sure the rice is still moist.

Transfer to a mixer & pulse it to a semi course powder.

Sieve it couple of time to get a smooth rice flour.

Repeat the sieve process again and again till we get a smooth rice flour.

Add grated jaggery in a pan with 1/4 cup water , when it dissolves , strain it.

Again boil it , till it comes to stone consistency.

( take a cup of water, drop a jaggery juice in it, make a ball out of it.. you should be able to roll into a ball.. this is the correct consistency.)

Remove jaggery syrup from the stove & add to the rice powder , mix well.

Add cardamom powder, dry ginger powder & mix well.

Keep this adhirasam dough aside for one day.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan.

Knead the dough once , make a small ball , place it on a oil greased plastic paper, press the ball to make it flat.

Gently drop it in hot oil.

Keep the flame in medium , turn the adhirasam to the other side and let it cook .

When it is done , using another spatula gently press the adhirasam to squeeze out the excess oil.

Delicious & Traditional Kattuyanam Arisi Adhirasam is Ready.

Enjoy...

Recipe Video link - https://youtu.be/Rle3Qzh5lI8