Skip to main content

Sweet Rice Balls

These are a healthy snack/Laddoo using brown rice and Jaggery. This is a tasty and healthy evening snack from the ancient recipe collections of south Indian state Kerala.
Rice ball snack from Kerala,Ari unda
Ari Unda/Rice balls

Wishing all Indians a very HAPPY DIWALI...!
It's again a festive season in our country INDIA.Diwali is the festival of lights.Every Indian around the world,celebrate this day,by  decorating their houses with lamps/diyas. Special sweets are also made on this auspicious day.
 This recipe is simple ,hardly takes 10-15  minutes to prepare.
Ingredients for Brown rice balls/Laddoos
Par Boiled rice-2 cups
Jaggery-1/2 cups grated
Coconut grated-3/4 cup
Cardamom powder-1 tsp
Method Of Preparation
Dry roast the rice until it crackles and turns golden completely.Refer the picture below for the exact texture.

Once you get the rice roasted,grind it well in a blender/grinder. Once the rice is powdered well add coconut,jaggery and cardamom and blend again well.
Make balls/ laddos using this mix.Add more coconut so that the mix is wet enough to make balls. Jaggery should be added according to your taste.(Above measurements will yield 15 Laddoos.)
Very healthy,Oil less snack is ready in minutes.
ENJOY ! Have a safe DIWALI.

Sending this recipe to Saras event-Dish in 30 minutes

Comments

Ganga Sreekanth said…
looks so good and tempting
We used to get something similar to this at a Church in Trivandrum at the end of their feast Mass. Looks good... And easy to make too.. wow!

Join my guest host event SYF & HWS - Sesame Seeds
We used to get something similar to this at a Church in Trivandrum at the end of their feast Mass. Looks good... And easy to make too.. wow!

Join my guest host event SYF & HWS - Sesame Seeds
Scrumptious ladoos, Looks very tempting dear..
Thanks for linking to the entry dear..

Saras
Dish in 30 minutes event with give away

Popular posts from this blog

Parenting in a connected world.

                     Today, technology is growing exponentially. Smart phones are ruling the world and technology is expected to be embedded everywhere. Parenting is lot more fun today provided you are smart enough to control this new-wave rather than yielding to the spell of it.         Being mother to an 11 year old boy, I have experienced the good and bad sides of technology. Here is some useful information for those parents who are anxious about this new trend.        I know that some of those with traditional views may disagree with this new influence of technology in children. But we have left no choice other than finding the best method to take advantage from this.        1.      Awareness is the key!                First of all, we, parents must educate ourselves on how to monitor or supervise your children’s activities online. This is simple if you have genuine interest to learn and unde

World Health Day -7th April.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) observes APRIL 7 as the World Health Day   to draw attention to their priorities for global health.April 7 is also the anniversary of founding of WHO in 1948. This year their slogan of the day is : "Good health adds life to years".This shows how good health through out life can help older men and women lead full and productive lives. So,this year 2012,WHO highlights "Ageing and Health" as their theme for Global Health Day. Above picture is  an 87 year old man jumping head first from high altitudes. For more details on the topic please read http://www.who.int/world-health-day/en/

Happy New Year 2015 !

Wishing all my friends a very happy and prosperous New Year 2015 ! Thank you for reading my blog .